Radiation Therapists in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,584
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$20,746
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,007
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
$87,330
Kept after tax
$66,584
Worth in national money
$74,007
State rank
42
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays radiation therapists a middle wage of $87,330, 42 of 46 states and about 17.07% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Alabama reports, radiation therapists comes in at 75 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $87,330 you keep $66,584 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $74,007 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $85,760.
- Alabama's $87,330 median for radiation therapists places it 42 of 46 states, about 17.07% 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.
- Radiation therapists ranks 75 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.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $66,584 after the full tax stack, from $87,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $74,007 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,760 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,670 |
| This salary | $87,330 |
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 | $66,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,267 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,698 |
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 | $82,096 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,345 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $87,330 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,420 and the ninetieth is $104,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $66,584, from $87,330, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 75 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,007 uses one figure for the whole of Alabama. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 75.
- The Alabama median of $87,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,420 to $104,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $66,584 from $87,330. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 75 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,007, worked from $87,330, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alabama address, on work sitting at 75 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $62,420 at the bottom tenth to $104,670 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $74,007 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Alabama then takes its own share, leaving $66,584.
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 46 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 ($62,420 to $104,670) 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 $74,007 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 $66,584 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.