First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,949
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$17,901
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,744
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
$78,850
Kept after tax
$60,949
Worth in national money
$67,744
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $78,850, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 3.21% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alabama. It ranks 98 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 $78,850 you keep $60,949, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,744 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $71,960, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alabama ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other, at $78,850 — about 3.21% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Alabama, first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other ranks 98 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 first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other on $78,850 is $60,949. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,744 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 $71,960 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,860 |
| This salary | $78,850 |
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 | $60,949 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,301 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,574 |
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 | $74,086 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,174 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,850 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,110 and the ninetieth is $98,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $60,949 take-home in Alabama comes from $78,850. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 98 of 482.
- Two cautions on $67,744, the adjusted value of that $78,850 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 98 of 482 locally.
- The Alabama median of $78,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,110 to $98,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $60,949, from $78,850, assumes a single Alabama filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 98 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 50 for it.
- This $67,744 adjusted figure, worked from $78,850, 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 98 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 98 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 $71,960 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,110 at the bottom tenth to $98,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $67,744 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, $60,949 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $71,960. 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 ($42,110 to $98,860) 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 $67,744 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 $60,949 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.