Tool and Die Makers in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,452
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$13,348
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,188
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
$64,800
Kept after tax
$51,452
Worth in national money
$57,188
State rank
22
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alabama sits in the middle of the pack for tool and die makers. The median is $64,800, ranking 22 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Alabama, this sits in the middle: 147 of 482 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Alabama is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,800 the take-home is $51,452; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,188 would nationally. The average lands at $63,350, below the middle of the range.
- Alabama occupies the middle band for tool and die makers: a median of $64,800, ranking 22 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Tool and die makers ranks 147 of 482 occupations in Alabama by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for tool and die makers in Alabama, on $64,800, is $51,452 — equivalent to $57,188 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 $63,350 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,430 |
| This salary | $64,800 |
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 | $51,452 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,247 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,364 |
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 | $61,321 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,649 |
| 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 tool and die makers in Alabama earn under $64,800 and half over. The published range runs $45,520 at the tenth percentile to $80,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alabama's $51,452, worked from $64,800. 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 147 of 482.
- Two cautions on $57,188, the adjusted value of that $64,800 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 147 of 482 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tool and die makers in Alabama, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,520 to $80,430; 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.
- The Alabama take-home of $51,452, on $64,800 for work ranking 147 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 147 of 482 in the state.
- This $57,188 adjusted figure, worked from $64,800, 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 147 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 147 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,520 at the bottom tenth to $80,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Alabama is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $57,188 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Alabama then takes its own share, leaving $51,452.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,520 to $80,430) 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 $57,188 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 $51,452 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.