What Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators earn in Marshall County, AL
According to the latest federal wage data for the Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, the median pay for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL is $45,040 a year, or $21.65 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax, the paycheck shrinks to $36,495 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Marshall County, AL.
The mean wage is $49,490, which is 9.9% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 8,370 people working in this occupation across the Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Marshall County, AL has roughly 99,748 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in the Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $28,450 a year ($13.68 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $69,780 or more ($33.55 an hour). That is a gap of $41,330 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $35,660 at the 25th percentile and $69,780 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.5 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL is $21.65. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $45,040, and the same salary is $3,753 a month before taxes or about $1,732 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $17.55 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Team Assemblers this way: "Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them, rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process"; "Determine work assignments and procedures"; "Perform quality checks on products and parts"; "Shovel, sweep, or otherwise clean work areas".
This BLS pay category covers several related O*NET occupations, among them Team Assemblers, Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other, so the wage figures describe the group as a whole.
Job outlook for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 1,403,500 jobs in 2025 to 1,418,400 in 2035, a change of +1.1%, slower than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 138,700 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 9.9% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: high school diploma or equivalent. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: moderate-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $44,650 for this occupation; the Marshall County, AL median of $45,040 is 0.9% above it.
How pay in Marshall County, AL compares
Compared with the Alabama average
Marshall County, AL pays above the state benchmark. The Alabama employment-weighted average for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is $43,907; the local median of $45,040 beats it by $1,133, or 2.6%. Within Alabama, Marshall County, AL already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
Nationally, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators earn an employment-weighted average of $44,643 across the contiguous United States, so $45,040 in Marshall County, AL is essentially average. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Marshall County, AL
Among the 315 occupations with published wages in Marshall County, AL, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators ranks number 161 by median pay, ahead of about 49% of them.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $45,040 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $8,545 a year, which leaves $36,495, or $3,041 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $19 goes to taxes and $81 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 19.0%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $29,290. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $3,276, an effective 7.3% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $2,792 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $653. FICA totals $3,446, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Alabama
Alabama income tax on this salary is $1,823 a year, or 4.0% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 56% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $152 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Marshall County, AL
IRS Statistics of Income data for Marshall County, AL show an average adjusted gross income of $67,825 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 11.4% across all filers. Filers in the $25,000 to under $50,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 4.2%, compared with the 7.3% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Marshall County, AL
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Marshall County, AL: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $36,495 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Marshall County, AL is $707 a month, or $8,484 a year. A two-bedroom costs $925 a month. For Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, a one-bedroom absorbs 23.3% of take-home pay and 18.8% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 7.6% of gross pay for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Alabama residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,604 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $737, for $2,341 in total. Gasoline in Alabama averages $2.89 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,338.
What is left over
Add the four basics together and living costs come to $15,598 a year, 43% of take-home pay. That leaves $20,897 a year, or $1,741 a month, for savings, transportation beyond fuel, health care, debt and everything else. That margin equals 46.4% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Marshall County, AL
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Marshall County, AL: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Marshall County, AL, set beside the Alabama and national medians.
Property taxes in Marshall County, AL
Homeowners in Marshall County, AL pay a median of $733 a year in real estate taxes, 7% below the Alabama median of $788 and 76% below the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $201,500, the median tax bill is 0.36% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $45,040, a tax bill of that size would equal 1.6% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Marshall County, AL
Renters in Marshall County, AL pay a median gross rent of $795 a month in the Census survey, 21% below the Alabama median of $1,007. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $707 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $201,500, 4% below the Alabama median of $209,900. Median household income is $62,571, 2% below the Alabama median of $63,999, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 13.6% of that income.
Commuting in Marshall County, AL
Workers in Marshall County, AL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.5 minutes each way, in line with the Alabama average of 25.5. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.3 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 6.4% of workers in Marshall County, AL work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators afford to live in Marshall County, AL?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $45,040 that ceiling is $1,126 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $707 is $419 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $13.60 an hour; the median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is $21.65, which is 59% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $17.55 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 9.3 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $925 a month means $463 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $2,934 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $23,831.
How fast you can save
At $1,741 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 6 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 12 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators pay in Marshall County, AL
What is the hourly wage for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL?
The median is $21.65 per hour, based on $45,040 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $13.68 at the 10th percentile to $33.55 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $45,040 becomes $36,495 a year. That is $3,041 a month, $1,404 every two weeks or $702 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL?
Total taxes are $8,545 a year, an effective rate of 19.0%: $3,276 federal income tax, $3,446 FICA and $1,823 Alabama income tax.
Is pay for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL above the Alabama average?
Yes. The local median of $45,040 is +2.6% versus the Alabama average of $43,907, a difference of $1,133 a year.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators salary in Marshall County, AL?
A one-bedroom costs $707 a month against take-home pay of $3,041, which is 23.2% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $1,126 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Marshall County, AL?
About $1,741 a month ($20,897 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $15,598 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Marshall County, AL at the 30% guideline?
$13.60 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $8,484 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is $21.65.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Alabama rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.