Operations Research Analysts in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,390
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$30,240
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,909
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
$115,630
Kept after tax
$85,390
Worth in national money
$94,909
State rank
3
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is one of the better-paying states for operations research analysts. The middle earner takes $115,630, which ranks 3 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 30.01% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, operations research analysts comes in at 27 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $115,630 the take-home is $85,390; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $94,909 would nationally. The average comes to $117,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alabama ranks 3 of 47 states publishing a median for operations research analysts, at $115,630 — about 30.01% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Operations research analysts ranks 27 of 482 occupations by median in Alabama, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for operations research analysts in Alabama, on $115,630, is $85,390 — equivalent to $94,909 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 $117,850 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,910 |
| This salary | $115,630 |
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 | $85,390 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,176 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,112 |
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 | $108,827 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,917 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $115,630 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,830 and the ninetieth is $173,910 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $85,390 take-home in Alabama comes from $115,630. 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 27 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $94,909, the adjusted value of that $115,630 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 27 of 482 in the state.
- The Alabama median of $115,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,830 to $173,910. 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 $85,390, from $115,630, 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 27 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $94,909 — the adjusted value of that $115,630 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 27 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,830 at the bottom tenth to $173,910 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 $94,909 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, $85,390 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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($64,830) and the ninetieth ($173,910) 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 $94,909 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 $85,390 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.