Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,925
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$11,915
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,156
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
$58,840
Kept after tax
$46,925
Worth in national money
$52,156
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,840, ranking 41 of 51 states — about 15.93% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 203 among 482 occupations Alabama publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,840 you keep $46,925 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,156 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $68,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama ranks 41 of 51 for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel, with a median of $58,840 — about 15.93% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 203 of 482 in Alabama places sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $46,925 after the full tax stack, from $58,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,156 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $68,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,990 |
| This salary | $58,840 |
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 | $46,925 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,458 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,261 |
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 | $55,688 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,524 |
| 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 $58,840. The published range is $37,450 up to $114,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $46,925, from $58,840, 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 203 of 482 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,156, the adjusted value of that $58,840 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 203 of 482 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,450 to $114,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,925 from $58,840. 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 203 of 482 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $52,156 — the adjusted value of that $58,840 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 203 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $68,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,450 and the top tenth $114,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $52,156.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Alabama's own levy, $46,925 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $68,100. 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 ($37,450) and the ninetieth ($114,990) 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 $52,156 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 $46,925 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.