Fundraisers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,897
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$12,223
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,237
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
$60,120
Kept after tax
$47,897
Worth in national money
$53,237
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fundraisers is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $60,120. That is 48 of 51 states, and about 17.13% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 195 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,120 you keep $47,897, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,237 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,260, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For fundraisers, Alabama sits in the lower band at $60,120, ranking 48 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17.13%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Fundraisers ranks 195 of 482 occupations in Alabama by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for fundraisers on $60,120 is $47,897. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,237 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 $61,260 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Fundraisers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,740 |
| This salary | $60,120 |
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 | $47,897 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,486 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,283 |
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 | $56,897 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,551 |
| 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 $60,120. The published range is $38,440 up to $84,740, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,897 take-home in Alabama comes from $60,120. 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 195 of 482.
- Two cautions on $53,237, the adjusted value of that $60,120 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 195 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for fundraisers in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,440 to $84,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,897, from $60,120, 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 195 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 51 for it.
- This $53,237 adjusted figure, worked from $60,120, 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 195 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 195 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $38,440, the highest tenth $84,740, 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 $53,237 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Alabama adds its own income tax on top — which is why $47,897 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,440) and the ninetieth ($84,740) 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 $53,237 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 $47,897 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.