Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,667
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$8,033
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,531
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
$42,700
Kept after tax
$34,667
Worth in national money
$38,531
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $42,700, ranking 39 of 51 states — about 4.37% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 331 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $42,700 you keep $34,667 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,531 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama ranks 39 of 51 for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, with a median of $42,700 — about 4.37% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 331 of 482 in Alabama places miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $34,667 after the full tax stack, from $42,700. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,531 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,780 |
| This salary | $42,700 |
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 | $34,667 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,489 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$981 |
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 | $40,431 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,187 |
| 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 $42,700. The published range is $29,050 up to $69,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,667 take-home in Alabama comes from $42,700. 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 331 of 482.
- Two cautions on $38,531, the adjusted value of that $42,700 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 331 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,050 to $69,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,667, from $42,700, 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 331 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 51 for it.
- This $38,531 adjusted figure, worked from $42,700, 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 331 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 331 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $44,740 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,050 at the bottom tenth to $69,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $38,531 in national terms.
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 $34,667.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $44,740. 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 ($29,050) and the ninetieth ($69,780) 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 $38,531 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 $34,667 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.