Industrial Production Managers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,954
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$32,566
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$99,983
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
$122,520
Kept after tax
$89,954
Worth in national money
$99,983
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama sits in the middle of the pack for industrial production managers. The median is $122,520, ranking 27 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, industrial production managers comes in at 21 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $122,520 you keep $89,954 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $99,983 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $129,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama occupies the middle band for industrial production managers: a median of $122,520, ranking 27 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.
- Industrial production managers ranks 21 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.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $89,954 after the full tax stack, from $122,520. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $99,983 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $129,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $204,050 |
| This salary | $122,520 |
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 | $89,954 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,008 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,212 |
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 | $115,315 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,145 |
| 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 $122,520. The published range is $69,560 up to $204,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $89,954 take-home in Alabama comes from $122,520. 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 21 of 482.
- Two cautions on $99,983, the adjusted value of that $122,520 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 21 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial production managers in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $69,560 to $204,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $89,954, from $122,520, 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 21 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 50 for it.
- This $99,983 adjusted figure, worked from $122,520, 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 21 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 21 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 $129,300, 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 $69,560 at the bottom tenth to $204,050 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $99,983.
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, $89,954 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 $129,300. 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 ($69,560) and the ninetieth ($204,050) 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 $99,983 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 $89,954 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.