Financial analyst · Birmingham, AL
Financial analyst in Birmingham: $2,632/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median financial analyst wage in Birmingham at $91,290 a year. About 1,100 financial analyst jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $62,470 and the 90th is $162,820. Pay ranks 134th-highest of 319 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,632 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 73 miles away, at $3,433 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,632
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$91,290
$62,470 to $162,820
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
1,100
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
134th of 319
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, financial analyst pay of $91,290.
- Taxes$1,997
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$2,632
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $91,290
- Federal income tax
- −$11,698
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,984
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,375
- City / county wage tax
- −$913
- Take-home pay
- $67,321
- Effective tax rate
- 26.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$7,608 gross, minus $1,997 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$2,632
Rank every metro for a financial analyst
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $3,433/mo.
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Questions
What does a financial analyst make in Birmingham?
$91,290 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,100 financial analyst jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a financial analyst in Birmingham?
$2,632 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,106, and pay covers 6.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a financial analyst keep more?
Decatur, about 73 miles away, leaves $3,433 a month, more than Birmingham.