Financial analyst · Tuscaloosa, AL
Financial analyst in Tuscaloosa: $2,477/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median financial analyst wage in Tuscaloosa at $86,680 a year. About 50 financial analyst jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.18). The 10th percentile is $52,600 and the 90th is $155,720. Pay ranks 169th-highest of 319 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/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 $2,477 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 104 miles away, at $3,433 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,477
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$86,680
$52,600 to $155,720
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.18
Pay rank
169th of 319
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, financial analyst pay of $86,680.
- Taxes$1,860
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$2,477
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $86,680
- Federal income tax
- −$10,684
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,631
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,144
- City / county wage tax
- −$867
- Take-home pay
- $64,355
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$7,223 gross, minus $1,860 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$2,477
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 Tuscaloosa?
$86,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 financial analyst jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a financial analyst in Tuscaloosa?
$2,477 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 $930, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a financial analyst keep more?
Decatur, about 104 miles away, leaves $3,433 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.