Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,707
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$22,323
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,479
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
$92,030
Kept after tax
$69,707
Worth in national money
$77,479
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $92,030. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 3.45% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Alabama this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 71 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $92,030 you keep $69,707, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $77,479 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $82,460, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For electrical power-line installers and repairers, Alabama sits in the lower band at $92,030, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.45%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Alabama publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 71 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.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for electrical power-line installers and repairers on $92,030 is $69,707. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $77,479 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $82,460 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,400 |
| This salary | $92,030 |
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 | $69,707 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,573 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,767 |
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 | $86,535 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,440 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alabama earn less than $92,030. The published range is $44,150 up to $105,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $69,707, from $92,030, 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 71 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 $77,479, the adjusted value of that $92,030 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 71 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,150 to $105,400. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $69,707 from $92,030. 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 71 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $77,479 — the adjusted value of that $92,030 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 71 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $82,460 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $44,150 at the tenth percentile, $105,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $77,479 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, $69,707 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Alabama is $82,460. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,150 to $105,400) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alabama rather than a national figure.
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 $77,479 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 $69,707 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.