Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,730
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$13,120
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,386
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
$63,850
Kept after tax
$50,730
Worth in national money
$56,386
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays this job around $63,850 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 153 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $63,850 you keep $50,730, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $56,386 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $64,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines the Alabama median is $63,850, ranking 34 of 51 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.
- Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ranks 153 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.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines on $63,850 is $50,730. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $56,386 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $64,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,100 |
| This salary | $63,850 |
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 | $50,730 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,483 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,347 |
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 | $60,423 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,629 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,850 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,350 and the ninetieth is $79,100 — 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 $50,730, worked from $63,850. 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 153 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,386 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 153.
- The Alabama median of $63,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,350 to $79,100. 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 $50,730, on $63,850 for work ranking 153 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 153 of 482 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,386, worked from $63,850, 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 153 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,350 and the top tenth $79,100, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $56,386.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Alabama adds its own income tax on top — which is why $50,730 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,350 to $79,100) 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 $56,386 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 $50,730 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.