First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,269
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$10,441
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,981
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
$52,710
Kept after tax
$42,269
Worth in national money
$46,981
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays this job a middle wage of $52,710, 44 of 51 states and about 9.79% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 231.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $52,710 the take-home is $42,269; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $46,981 would nationally. The average comes to $56,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama's $52,710 median for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers places it 44 of 51 states, about 9.79% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers sits at 231 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Alabama, on $52,710, is $42,269 — equivalent to $46,981 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 $56,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,730 |
| This salary | $52,710 |
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 | $42,269 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,532 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,154 |
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 | $49,893 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,396 |
| 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 $52,710. The published range is $37,230 up to $78,730, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $42,269, from $52,710, 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 231 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,981, the adjusted value of that $52,710 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 231 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,230 to $78,730. 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 $42,269 from $52,710. 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 231 of 482 locally.
- This $46,981 adjusted figure, worked from $52,710, 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 231 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 231 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 $56,990 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,230 at the bottom tenth to $78,730 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $46,981 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, $42,269 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 $56,990. 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 ($37,230) and the ninetieth ($78,730) 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 $46,981 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 $42,269 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.