Facilities Managers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,965
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$32,045
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,883
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
$121,010
Kept after tax
$88,965
Worth in national money
$98,883
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for facilities managers is strong here. Alabama's middle earner gets $121,010, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 13.45% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alabama. It ranks 22 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $121,010 you keep $88,965, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $98,883 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $126,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For facilities managers, Alabama sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $121,010, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 13.45% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Alabama, facilities managers ranks 22 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for facilities managers on $121,010 is $88,965. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $98,883 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 $126,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Facilities Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,990 |
| This salary | $121,010 |
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 | $88,965 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,961 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,190 |
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 | $113,909 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,091 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $121,010 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $82,450 and the ninetieth is $174,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $88,965, worked from $121,010. 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 22 of 482.
- Two cautions on $98,883, the adjusted value of that $121,010 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 22 of 482 locally.
- The Alabama median of $121,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $82,450 to $174,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alabama take-home of $88,965, on $121,010 for work ranking 22 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 22 of 482 in the state.
- This $98,883 adjusted figure, worked from $121,010, 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 22 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 22 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $126,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $82,450, the highest tenth $174,990, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $98,883 in national terms.
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, $88,965 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $126,100. 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 ($82,450) and the ninetieth ($174,990) 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 $98,883 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 $88,965 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.