Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,368
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$9,522
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,757
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
$48,890
Kept after tax
$39,368
Worth in national money
$43,757
State rank
24
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Alabama is 24 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,890. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 260.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,890 you keep $39,368 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,757 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama ranks 24 of 47 for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers at $48,890. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, jewelers and precious stone and metal workers sits at 260 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.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $39,368 after the full tax stack, from $48,890. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,757 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,440 |
| This salary | $48,890 |
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 | $39,368 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,463 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,088 |
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 | $46,282 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,316 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,890 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,910 and the ninetieth is $66,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $39,368, worked from $48,890. 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 260 of 482.
- Two cautions on $43,757, the adjusted value of that $48,890 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 260 of 482 locally.
- The Alabama median of $48,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,910 to $66,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alabama take-home of $39,368, on $48,890 for work ranking 260 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 260 of 482 in the state.
- This $43,757 adjusted figure, worked from $48,890, 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 260 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 260 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,910 at the tenth percentile, $66,440 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,757 in national terms.
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, $39,368 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($31,910 to $66,440) 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 $43,757 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 $39,368 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.