Electrical Engineers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,962
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$33,668
26.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,214
Alabama costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alabama — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$125,630
Kept after tax
$91,962
Worth in national money
$102,214
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is one of the better-paying states for electrical engineers. The middle earner takes $125,630, which ranks 11 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 4.14% above the national middle.
- Within Alabama this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, electrical engineers ranks 17 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $125,630 the take-home is $91,962; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $102,214 would nationally. The average comes to $126,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama ranks 11 of 49 states publishing a median for electrical engineers, at $125,630 — about 4.14% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Alabama publishes a median for, electrical engineers sits 17 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for electrical engineers in Alabama, on $125,630, is $91,962 — equivalent to $102,214 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $126,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $125,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $180,220 |
| This salary | $125,630 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Alabama | $91,962 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $97,134 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,256 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $118,169 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,207 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical engineers in Alabama earn under $125,630 and half over. The published range runs $77,840 at the tenth percentile to $180,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $91,962, from $125,630, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 17 of 482 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $102,214, the adjusted value of that $125,630 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 17 of 482 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical engineers in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,840 to $180,220; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $91,962 from $125,630. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 17 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $102,214 — the adjusted value of that $125,630 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 17 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $77,840 and the top tenth $180,220 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Alabama sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $102,214 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Alabama's own levy, $91,962 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($77,840) and the ninetieth ($180,220) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Alabama's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $102,214 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $91,962 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Alabama income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.