Financial analyst · Decatur, AL
Financial analyst in Decatur: $3,433/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median financial analyst wage in Decatur at $101,560 a year. About 40 financial analyst jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.28). The 10th percentile is $64,480 and the 90th is $169,740. Pay ranks 53rd-highest of 319 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($772/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 $3,433 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Cape Girardeau, about 246 miles away, at $3,625 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,433
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,560
$64,480 to $169,740
Rent (1 bd)
$772
$919 (2 bd)
Employment
40
Location quotient 0.28
Pay rank
53rd of 319
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, financial analyst pay of $101,560.
- Taxes$2,303
- Rent$772
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$3,433
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,560
- Federal income tax
- −$13,957
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,769
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,888
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,016
- Take-home pay
- $73,930
- Effective tax rate
- 27.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $772
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,728
Left over each month
$8,463 gross, minus $2,303 in tax and $2,728 in living costs.
$3,433
Rank every metro for a financial analyst
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Cape Girardeau, $3,625/mo.
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Questions
What does a financial analyst make in Decatur?
$101,560 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 40 financial analyst jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a financial analyst in Decatur?
$3,433 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 $772, and pay covers 11.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a financial analyst keep more?
Cape Girardeau, about 246 miles away, leaves $3,625 a month, more than Decatur.