Information Security Analysts in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,090
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$32,640
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,133
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
$122,730
Kept after tax
$90,090
Worth in national money
$100,133
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays this job around $122,730 at the midpoint, 22 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, this job comes in at 19 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $122,730 you keep $90,090 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $100,133 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $119,070.
- For information security analysts the Alabama median is $122,730, ranking 22 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Information security analysts ranks 19 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 $90,090 after the full tax stack, from $122,730. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $100,133 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $119,070 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,690 |
| This salary | $122,730 |
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 | $90,090 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,152 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,215 |
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 | $115,508 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,149 |
| 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 $122,730. The published range is $66,090 up to $170,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $90,090 take-home in Alabama comes from $122,730. 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 19 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $100,133, the adjusted value of that $122,730 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 19 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for information security analysts in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,090 to $170,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $90,090, from $122,730, 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 19 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $100,133 — the adjusted value of that $122,730 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 19 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $66,090 at the bottom tenth to $170,690 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 $100,133 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 $90,090.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,090) and the ninetieth ($170,690) 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 $100,133 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 $90,090 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.