First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,866
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$18,364
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,763
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
$80,230
Kept after tax
$61,866
Worth in national money
$68,763
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays this job around $80,230 at the midpoint, 21 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Alabama this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 93 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $80,230 you keep $61,866 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $68,763 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $78,760.
- For first-line supervisors of correctional officers the Alabama median is $80,230, ranking 21 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Alabama publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of correctional officers sits 93 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.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $61,866 after the full tax stack, from $80,230. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $68,763 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $78,760 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,960 |
| This salary | $80,230 |
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 | $61,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,272 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,594 |
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 | $75,389 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,202 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,230 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,630 and the ninetieth is $102,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $61,866, from $80,230, 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 93 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $68,763, the adjusted value of that $80,230 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 93 of 482 locally.
- The Alabama median of $80,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,630 to $102,960. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,866 from $80,230. 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 93 of 482 locally.
- This $68,763 adjusted figure, worked from $80,230, 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 93 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 93 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,630 and the top tenth $102,960, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $68,763 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, $61,866 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,630 to $102,960) 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 $68,763 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 $61,866 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.