Pediatricians, General in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$147,557
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$61,933
29.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$164,007
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
$209,490
Kept after tax
$147,557
Worth in national money
$164,007
State rank
28
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays pediatricians, general around $209,490 at the midpoint, 28 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, pediatricians, general comes in at 2 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $209,490 you keep $147,557, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $164,007 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $237,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For pediatricians, general the Alabama median is $209,490, ranking 28 of 49 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.
- Pediatricians, general ranks 2 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.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for pediatricians, general on $209,490 is $147,557. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $164,007 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 $237,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $168,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $209,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $388,160 |
| This salary | $209,490 |
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 | $147,557 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $155,916 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,558 |
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 | $198,163 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,695 |
| 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 pediatricians, general in Alabama earn under $209,490 and half over. The published range runs $168,700 at the tenth percentile to $388,160 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $147,557 take-home in Alabama comes from $209,490. 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 2 of 482.
- Two cautions on $164,007, the adjusted value of that $209,490 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 2 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pediatricians, general in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $168,700 to $388,160; 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 $147,557, from $209,490, 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 2 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 49 for it.
- This $164,007 adjusted figure, worked from $209,490, 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 2 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 2 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $237,810, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $168,700 at the bottom tenth to $388,160 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $164,007.
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 $147,557 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $237,810. 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 ($168,700) and the ninetieth ($388,160) 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 $164,007 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 $147,557 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.