Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,844
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$7,456
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,505
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
$40,300
Kept after tax
$32,844
Worth in national money
$36,505
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays loan interviewers and clerks a middle wage of $40,300, 50 of 51 states and about 19.43% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 342 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,300 you keep $32,844 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,505 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama's $40,300 median for loan interviewers and clerks places it 50 of 51 states, about 19.43% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 342 of 482 occupations in Alabama by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $32,844 after the full tax stack, from $40,300. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,505 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,410 |
| This salary | $40,300 |
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 | $32,844 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,561 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$940 |
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 | $38,163 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,136 |
| 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 loan interviewers and clerks in Alabama earn under $40,300 and half over. The published range runs $29,460 at the tenth percentile to $57,410 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 $32,844, worked from $40,300. 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 342 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,505 uses one figure for the whole of Alabama. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 342.
- Figures are distribution medians for loan interviewers and clerks in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,460 to $57,410; 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 $32,844, on $40,300 for work ranking 342 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 342 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,505, worked from $40,300, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alabama address, on work sitting at 342 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $42,490, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,460 and the top tenth $57,410, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,505 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, $32,844 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $42,490. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,460 to $57,410) 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 $36,505 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 $32,844 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.