Glaziers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,808
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$8,712
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,912
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
$45,520
Kept after tax
$36,808
Worth in national money
$40,912
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for glaziers is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $45,520. That is 46 of 50 states, and about 20.25% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 306.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,520 the take-home is $36,808; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,912 would nationally. The average lands at $45,200, below the middle of the range.
- For glaziers, Alabama sits in the lower band at $45,520, ranking 46 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 20.25%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, glaziers sits at 306 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 glaziers in Alabama, on $45,520, is $36,808 — equivalent to $40,912 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 $45,200 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Glaziers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,900 |
| This salary | $45,520 |
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 | $36,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,755 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,030 |
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 | $43,097 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,246 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,520 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,210 and the ninetieth is $62,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $36,808, from $45,520, 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 306 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,912 uses one figure for the whole of Alabama. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 306.
- The Alabama median of $45,520 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,210 to $62,900. 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 $36,808 from $45,520. 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 306 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,912, worked from $45,520, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alabama address, on work sitting at 306 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,210 at the tenth percentile, $62,900 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $40,912.
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 $36,808 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,210 to $62,900) 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 $40,912 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 $36,808 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.