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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Tuscaloosa, AL

The median legal secretaries and administrative assistants in Tuscaloosa, AL earns $42,880 a year, 23% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,892 a month.

10th percentile
$29,690
25th percentile
$30,800
Median percentile
$42,880
75th percentile
$49,610
90th percentile
$57,710

Based on 60 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$34,704 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,880
Federal income tax−$2,966
Social Security + Medicare−$3,280
Alabama income tax (approx.)−$1,930
Monthly take-home$2,892
Every two weeks$1,335

Does it go far here?

$48,882Median pay in Tuscaloosa, AL is worth this at average US prices (local price level 87.7 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,005 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL

JobMedian pay
Industrial Engineers$104,840
General and Operations Managers$101,210
Medical and Health Services Managers$96,110
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,380
Registered Nurses$75,250
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$74,940
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$74,010
Accountants and Auditors$71,690

All legal secretaries and administrative assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Alabama