Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,458
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$20,682
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,867
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
$87,140
Kept after tax
$66,458
Worth in national money
$73,867
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays this job a middle wage of $87,140, 42 of 49 states and about 16.95% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Alabama this is well-paid work. Of 482 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 77 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $87,140 you keep $66,458 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,867 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $96,010, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alabama's $87,140 median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products places it 42 of 49 states, about 16.95% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Alabama publishes a median for, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products sits 77 of 482 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $66,458 after the full tax stack, from $87,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,867 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $96,010 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,990 |
| This salary | $87,140 |
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 | $66,458 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,133 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,695 |
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 | $81,916 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,341 |
| 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 $87,140. The published range is $46,850 up to $159,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $66,458 take-home in Alabama comes from $87,140. 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 77 of 482.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,867 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 77.
- Reported values are medians; for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Alabama the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,850 to $159,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $66,458, from $87,140, 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 77 of 482 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,867, worked from $87,140, 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 77 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $96,010, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,850 and the top tenth $159,990 — 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 $73,867.
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, $66,458 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $96,010. 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 ($46,850) and the ninetieth ($159,990) 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 $73,867 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 $66,458 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.