Occupational Therapy Assistants in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,515
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$12,735
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,035
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
$62,250
Kept after tax
$49,515
Worth in national money
$55,035
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $62,250, ranking 44 of 50 states — about 13.9% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 166 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,250 the take-home is $49,515; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,035 would nationally. The average comes to $63,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama ranks 44 of 50 for occupational therapy assistants, with a median of $62,250 — about 13.9% 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 166 of 482 in Alabama places occupational therapy assistants 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.
- Post-tax income for occupational therapy assistants in Alabama, on $62,250, is $49,515 — equivalent to $55,035 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $63,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,600 |
| This salary | $62,250 |
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 | $49,515 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,198 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,320 |
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 | $58,911 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,596 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,250 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,120 and the ninetieth is $79,600 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,515 take-home in Alabama comes from $62,250. 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 166 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,035, the adjusted value of that $62,250 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 166 of 482 in the state.
- The Alabama median of $62,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,120 to $79,600. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,515, from $62,250, 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 166 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $55,035 — the adjusted value of that $62,250 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 166 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,120 at the tenth percentile, $79,600 at the ninetieth.
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 $55,035.
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, $49,515 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,120 to $79,600) 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 $55,035 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 $49,515 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.