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Alabama Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Alabama-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Alabama is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Alabama Salaries

How Alabama salaries compare to the national market

Alabama trade wages run about 10% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.9 Alabama wage index to national medians. Huntsville is the growth engine, Redstone Arsenal, the aerospace and defence corridor and the Mazda Toyota assembly plant keep industrial and electrical crews booked, while Mobile runs shipbuilding at Austal and Airbus final assembly, and Birmingham's UAB medical district anchors commercial work. On the tax side, Alabama withholds 2%-5% (5% from $3,000 of taxable income).

Alabama: alabama salary calculator — Alabama wage index 0.9× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~10% below, State income tax 2%-5% (5% from $3,000 of taxable income). Simplified outline of Alabama, stylised and not to scale.
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Alabama trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Alabama-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.9 Alabama wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeAlabama median / yrNational medianAlabama / hr
Electrician$56,870$63,190$27.34
Plumber$57,420$63,800$27.61
HVAC Technician$54,910$61,010$26.40
Pipefitter$57,420$63,800$27.61
Ironworker$56,500$62,780$27.16
Carpenter$54,520$60,580$26.21

Trade pay by Alabama metro

Local BLS medians vs the Alabama state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Huntsville$60,2801.06× state
Birmingham$58,0101.02× state
Mobile$55,7300.98× state
Montgomery$54,0300.95× state
Where is trade work strongest in Alabama?

Huntsville, without much argument. Redstone Arsenal, the Army and NASA programmes around it and the Mazda Toyota plant in Limestone County have made the Tennessee Valley one of the fastest-growing industrial markets in the South. Mobile adds steady shipyard and aerospace work at Austal and Airbus, and Birmingham's hospital and university building keeps commercial crews busy year-round.

How accurate is the Alabama benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Alabama wage index (0.9×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Huntsville scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Alabama salary guide.

Does a Alabama salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Alabama withholds 2%-5% (5% from $3,000 of taxable income) from every paycheck, which costs roughly $3,250 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Alabama paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Alabama?

It varies by role: the Alabama electrician median is about $56,870, plumbers $57,420, HVAC technicians $54,910, and pipefitters $57,420 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Alabama-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Alabama wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.9 Alabama factor to localise them, reflecting that Alabama gross pay runs about 10% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Alabama metros pay trades the most?

Huntsville leads by a clear margin on aerospace, defence and semiconductor-adjacent work, running about 6% above the state figure. Birmingham sits just above the state median on healthcare and commercial construction, Mobile tracks slightly below despite shipyard and Airbus demand, and Montgomery runs lowest of the four.

Do Alabama trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Alabama follows the federal FLSA standard of 1.5x after 40 hours a week. The state briefly exempted overtime pay from Alabama income tax between 2024 and June 30, 2025; that exemption has expired, so overtime is again fully taxable at the state level. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.9 Alabama wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Alabama Department of Revenue · Alabama Department of Labor. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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