Stockers and Order Fillers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,283
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$6,007
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,436
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
$34,290
Kept after tax
$28,283
Worth in national money
$31,436
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for stockers and order fillers is on the low side in Alabama. The middle earner gets $34,290. That is 50 of 51 states, and about 8.14% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 482 occupations Alabama publishes, stockers and order fillers lands at 421. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $34,290 you keep $28,283, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,436 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $35,980, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For stockers and order fillers, Alabama sits in the lower band at $34,290, ranking 50 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 8.14%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Alabama, this work ranks 421 of 482 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for stockers and order fillers on $34,290 is $28,283. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,436 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $35,980 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,420 |
| This salary | $34,290 |
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 | $28,283 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,732 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$840 |
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 | $32,487 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,016 |
| 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 stockers and order fillers in Alabama earn under $34,290 and half over. The published range runs $27,750 at the tenth percentile to $47,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $28,283, from $34,290, 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 421 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $31,436, the adjusted value of that $34,290 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 421 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for stockers and order fillers in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,750 to $47,420; 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.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $28,283 from $34,290. 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 421 of 482 locally.
- This $31,436 adjusted figure, worked from $34,290, 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 421 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 421 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 $35,980, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,750 at the bottom tenth to $47,420 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,436.
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 $28,283 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $35,980. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,750 to $47,420) 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 $31,436 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 $28,283 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.