Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $95K, rent takes 18.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,085/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relays typically earn — is $78K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,695/month. At HUD’s $1,085/month FMR, rent would take 23% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $95K locally vs. $103K nationally, a 8% difference.

Alabama pays $95K median vs. the U.S. average of $103K — that’s -8%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.36), the purchasing-power equivalent is $108K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $95,150 a year, that works out to about $46 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $78,250, and experienced electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relays can clear $119,080. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,894/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,085/month, which eats 18.4% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Alabama has a Regional Price Parity of 88.36 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay salary is worth about $107,684 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.