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Anniston, AL
$2,596after tax and rent
Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Anniston.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Anniston are above the US rate in this release, 10 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
69
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 69.4, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$2,596
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
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Photo: Chris Pruitt / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Temple Beth-El
Historic Reform synagogue in Anniston, Alabama, US
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Church building in Alabama, United States of America
Photo: Chris Pruitt / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in Anniston, United States of America
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Historic church in Anniston, Alabama, United States
Photo: Chris Pruitt / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Davis C. Cooper House
Historic house in Alabama, United States
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Stats
- Rent
- $824
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,242
- Per month
- Tax
- 25%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 6% below
- US, besides rent
Next
$2,596 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,736
- Rent$692
- Other$1,954
- Left$2,596
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (AL)
- −$3,997
- City / county wage tax
- −$837
- Take-home pay
- $62,900
- Effective tax rate
- 24.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $692
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,646
After tax and rent
$2,596 left/mo
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,541 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $692.
- Work from home
- 4.2% of workers
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Home internet
- 63.5% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2023 5-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
25 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 25 minutes each way
- Size
- 116k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $149,500. About $1,003/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Alabama income tax tops out at 5.00%, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. Sales tax 9.3%, property tax 0.41%.
Schools
- Students
- 16,686
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Districts
- 5
- Calhoun County7,997 students
- Oxford City4,103 students
- Anniston City1,821 students
- Jacksonville City1,685 students
- Piedmont City1,080 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Anniston
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Anniston calculated?
Anniston is in Alabama, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Anniston?
About $692 for a one-bedroom and $824 for a two-bedroom in Anniston, AL. Anniston averages 216 sunny days, a July high of 89°F, and a 25-minute commute.
How do I compare Anniston with another city?
Put Anniston next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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