Parts Salespersons in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,927
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$5,893
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,041
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
$33,820
Kept after tax
$27,927
Worth in national money
$31,041
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for parts salespersons is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $33,820. That is 47 of 50 states, and about 12.45% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 482 occupations Alabama publishes, parts salespersons lands at 426. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $33,820 the take-home is $27,927; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,041 would nationally. The average comes to $37,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For parts salespersons, Alabama sits in the lower band at $33,820, ranking 47 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 12.45%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Alabama, this work ranks 426 of 482 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for parts salespersons in Alabama, on $33,820, is $27,927 — equivalent to $31,041 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 $37,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,240 |
| This salary | $33,820 |
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 | $27,927 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,354 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$833 |
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 | $32,044 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,007 |
| 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 parts salespersons in Alabama earn under $33,820 and half over. The published range runs $23,690 at the tenth percentile to $58,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $27,927 take-home in Alabama comes from $33,820. 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 426 of 482.
- Two cautions on $31,041, the adjusted value of that $33,820 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 426 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for parts salespersons in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,690 to $58,240; 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.
- Retained pay of $27,927, from $33,820, 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 426 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- This $31,041 adjusted figure, worked from $33,820, 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 426 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 426 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $37,540, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $23,690, the highest tenth $58,240, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Alabama sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $31,041 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $27,927 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $37,540. 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 ($23,690) and the ninetieth ($58,240) 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 $31,041 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 $27,927 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.