Psychiatric Technicians in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,094
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$6,586
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,449
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
$36,680
Kept after tax
$30,094
Worth in national money
$33,449
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays psychiatric technicians a middle wage of $36,680, 45 of 49 states and about 18.72% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Alabama this is lower-paid work. Of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, psychiatric technicians ranks 393. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,680 the take-home is $30,094; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,449 would nationally. The average lands at $35,600, below the middle of the range.
- Alabama's $36,680 median for psychiatric technicians places it 45 of 49 states, about 18.72% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Alabama reports, psychiatric technicians ranks 393 of 482, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for psychiatric technicians in Alabama, on $36,680, is $30,094 — equivalent to $33,449 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 $35,600 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,870 |
| This salary | $36,680 |
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 | $30,094 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,652 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$877 |
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 | $34,741 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,061 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alabama earn less than $36,680. The published range is $23,330 up to $45,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $30,094, worked from $36,680. 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 393 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,449, the adjusted value of that $36,680 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 393 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatric technicians in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $23,330 to $45,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alabama take-home of $30,094, on $36,680 for work ranking 393 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 393 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $33,449 — the adjusted value of that $36,680 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 393 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $23,330 at the bottom tenth to $45,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,449 in national terms.
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 $30,094 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($23,330 to $45,870) 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 $33,449 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 $30,094 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.