Tile and Stone Setters in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,262
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$8,538
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,304
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
$44,800
Kept after tax
$36,262
Worth in national money
$40,304
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alabama pays tile and stone setters a middle wage of $44,800, 38 of 47 states and about 19.55% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Alabama reports figures for, this is number 312.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,800 you keep $36,262 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,304 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $42,960.
- Alabama's $44,800 median for tile and stone setters places it 38 of 47 states, about 19.55% 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.
- In Alabama's occupational distribution, tile and stone setters sits at 312 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.
- Retained pay in Alabama is $36,262 after the full tax stack, from $44,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,304 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,960 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,750 |
| This salary | $44,800 |
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 | $36,262 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,177 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,017 |
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 | $42,416 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,231 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,800 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,610 and the ninetieth is $51,750 — 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 $36,262, worked from $44,800. 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 312 of 482.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alabama, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,304, the adjusted value of that $44,800 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 312 of 482 in the state.
- The Alabama median of $44,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,610 to $51,750. 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 $36,262, on $44,800 for work ranking 312 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 312 of 482 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alabama, so $40,304 — the adjusted value of that $44,800 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 312 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 $42,960, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,610 and the top tenth $51,750, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,304.
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 $36,262 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 $42,960. 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 ($33,610 to $51,750) 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 $40,304 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 $36,262 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.