Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,338
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$12,362
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,726
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
$60,700
Kept after tax
$48,338
Worth in national money
$53,726
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays this job a middle wage of $60,700, 50 of 51 states and about 24.23% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 192 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,700 you keep $48,338 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,726 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $60,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama's $60,700 median for radiologic technologists and technicians places it 50 of 51 states, about 24.23% 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.
- Radiologic technologists and technicians ranks 192 of 482 occupations in Alabama by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $48,338 after the full tax stack, from $60,700. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,726 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $60,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,300 |
| This salary | $60,700 |
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 | $48,338 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,952 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,293 |
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 | $57,446 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,563 |
| 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 radiologic technologists and technicians in Alabama earn under $60,700 and half over. The published range runs $41,060 at the tenth percentile to $80,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,338 take-home in Alabama comes from $60,700. 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 192 of 482.
- Two cautions on $53,726, the adjusted value of that $60,700 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 192 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for radiologic technologists and technicians in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,060 to $80,300; 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 $48,338, from $60,700, 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 192 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 51 for it.
- This $53,726 adjusted figure, worked from $60,700, 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 192 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 192 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,060 and the top tenth $80,300, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,726 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 $48,338 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,060 to $80,300) 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 $53,726 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 $48,338 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.