Electricians in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,533
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$11,157
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,497
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
$55,690
Kept after tax
$44,533
Worth in national money
$49,497
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for electricians is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $55,690. That is 50 of 51 states, and about 11.87% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Electricians ranks 218 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $55,690 the take-home is $44,533; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,497 would nationally. The average comes to $57,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electricians, Alabama sits in the lower band at $55,690, ranking 50 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.87%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 218 of 482 in Alabama places electricians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for electricians in Alabama, on $55,690, is $44,533 — equivalent to $49,497 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 $57,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,230 |
| This salary | $55,690 |
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 | $44,533 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,927 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,206 |
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 | $52,710 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,459 |
| 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 electricians in Alabama earn under $55,690 and half over. The published range runs $37,640 at the tenth percentile to $78,230 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $44,533, worked from $55,690. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 218 of 482.
- Two cautions on $49,497, the adjusted value of that $55,690 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alabama. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 218 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electricians in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,640 to $78,230; 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.
- The Alabama take-home of $44,533, on $55,690 for work ranking 218 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 218 of 482 in the state.
- This $49,497 adjusted figure, worked from $55,690, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 218 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 218 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $57,510, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,640 and the top tenth $78,230 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Alabama is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $49,497 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Alabama then takes its own share, leaving $44,533.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $57,510. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,640) and the ninetieth ($78,230) 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 $49,497 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 $44,533 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.