Home Appliance Repairers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,355
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$9,835
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,854
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
$50,190
Kept after tax
$40,355
Worth in national money
$44,854
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama sits in the middle of the pack for home appliance repairers. The median is $50,190, ranking 22 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 247.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,190 you keep $40,355, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,854 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $48,890, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alabama occupies the middle band for home appliance repairers: a median of $50,190, ranking 22 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, home appliance repairers sits at 247 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.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for home appliance repairers on $50,190 is $40,355. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,854 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 $48,890 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Home Appliance Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,870 |
| This salary | $50,190 |
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 | $40,355 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,508 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,111 |
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 | $47,511 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,343 |
| 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 home appliance repairers in Alabama earn under $50,190 and half over. The published range runs $30,810 at the tenth percentile to $65,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $40,355, from $50,190, 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 247 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $44,854, the adjusted value of that $50,190 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 247 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for home appliance repairers in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,810 to $65,870; 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.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,355 from $50,190. 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 247 of 482 locally.
- This $44,854 adjusted figure, worked from $50,190, 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 247 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 247 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,810 at the bottom tenth to $65,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,854 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 $40,355 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,810 to $65,870) 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 $44,854 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 $40,355 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.