Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,749
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$13,761
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,630
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
$66,510
Kept after tax
$52,749
Worth in national money
$58,630
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alabama pays teachers and instructors, all other around $66,510 at the midpoint, 21 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 138.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $66,510 the take-home is $52,749; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,630 would nationally. The average comes to $68,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For teachers and instructors, all other the Alabama median is $66,510, ranking 21 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, teachers and instructors, all other sits at 138 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for teachers and instructors, all other in Alabama, on $66,510, is $52,749 — equivalent to $58,630 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $68,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,330 |
| This salary | $66,510 |
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 | $52,749 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,393 |
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 | $62,936 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,925 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,510 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,590 and the ninetieth is $98,330 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $52,749, worked from $66,510. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 138 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,630, the adjusted value of that $66,510 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 138 of 482 in the state.
- The Alabama median of $66,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,590 to $98,330. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alabama take-home of $52,749, on $66,510 for work ranking 138 of 482 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 138 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $58,630 — the adjusted value of that $66,510 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 138 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,590 at the bottom tenth to $98,330 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $58,630.
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, $52,749 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,590) and the ninetieth ($98,330) 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 $58,630 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 $52,749 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.