Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,652
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$26,838
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,420
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
$105,490
Kept after tax
$78,652
Worth in national money
$87,420
State rank
25
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Alabama is 25 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $105,490. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, this job comes in at 37 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $105,490 the take-home is $78,652; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $87,420 would nationally. The average comes to $112,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama ranks 25 of 45 for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors at $105,490. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ranks 37 of 482 occupations by median in Alabama, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Alabama, on $105,490, is $78,652 — equivalent to $87,420 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 $112,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,440 |
| This salary | $105,490 |
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 | $78,652 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,963 |
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 | $99,249 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,712 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Alabama earn under $105,490 and half over. The published range runs $68,420 at the tenth percentile to $165,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $78,652, worked from $105,490. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 37 of 482.
- Two cautions on $87,420, the adjusted value of that $105,490 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 37 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $68,420 to $165,440; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Alabama take-home of $78,652, on $105,490 for work ranking 37 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 37 of 482 in the state.
- This $87,420 adjusted figure, worked from $105,490, 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 37 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 37 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $112,970, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $68,420 at the bottom tenth to $165,440 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $87,420 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Alabama then takes its own share, leaving $78,652.
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 45 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 $112,970. 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 ($68,420) and the ninetieth ($165,440) 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 $87,420 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 $78,652 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.