Financial Analyst Salary in Alabama (2026)

Worth knowing: Regions Financial Corporation HQ Birmingham is the largest US bank HQ'd in the Deep South and a feature most national finance-career surveys understate for AL. Regions Financial (Fortune 500 regional bank, ~$160B assets, ~12K Birmingham HQ employees + ~20K total, the country's 25th-largest commercial bank by assets, founded 1971 + grown via acquisitions through Birmingham, AL — the largest single-state bank HQ'd south of Atlanta) operates substantial commercial banking + retail banking + wealth management + asset management across the southeastern US. Senior Regions financial analysts clear $108-175K TC. Protective Life HQ Birmingham (Fortune 1000 life insurance + annuity, ~$5B revenue, post-2015 Dai-ichi Life Holdings of Japan acquisition, the country's largest US life insurance company HQ'd outside major coastal financial centers) operates substantial in-house actuarial + investment + claims work. Encompass Health HQ Birmingham (Fortune 1000 post-acute rehab, ~$5B revenue, the country's largest inpatient rehabilitation operator) anchors AL healthcare finance. Vulcan Materials HQ Birmingham (Fortune 500 construction aggregates, ~$8B revenue, the country's largest aggregates producer) anchors AL industrial corporate finance. AL's 5% top bracket + Federal Income Tax Deduction substantially reduces effective AL state tax — combined with AL's no estate tax + low property tax + RTW since 1953 + low cost of living, AL is competitive for senior finance executive retention vs higher-tax states.