Materials Engineers Salary in Huntsville, AL

Materials Engineers pay range in Huntsville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $81,430 a year or less, while the top 10% make $177,720 or more. The middle half of materials engineers in Huntsville earn between $100,640 and $151,300.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Materials Engineers salary after taxes in Huntsville

On the average salary of $126,860, a single filer in Huntsville takes home about $92,831 a year, or $7,736 a month and $3,570 every two weeks. Taxes take 27% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.

Is Huntsville a good place for materials engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Huntsville area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.1), so the average $126,860 buys what about $136,303 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Huntsville ($51,740). A typical home costs $316,645, or 2.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Materials Engineers salary in other Alabama cities

Huntsville ranks 2nd of 4 Alabama metro areas for this job; Decatur pays the most ($129,920).

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Highest-paying cities for materials engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($156,740).

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