Anniston-Oxford, AL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Anniston-Oxford, AL moved from $39,610 in May 2024 to $42,680 in May 2025 (+7.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Anniston-Oxford, AL sits +4.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 11500 · Anniston-Oxford, AL $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #491/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.9
- OCC-THIN 185 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $149K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-AHEAD +4.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH East Kentucky no…
- BOOK-MOST 184 rows · May 2025
Read with East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area ($65 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Anniston-Oxford, AL
Where Anniston-Oxford, AL already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Business Operations Specialists, All Other lead published employment inside Anniston-Oxford, AL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 550 jobs · $98,540
- 2. Business Operations Specialists, All Other 390 jobs · $84,640
- 3. Industrial Engineers 230 jobs · $85,200
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 160 jobs · $83,860
- 5. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $126,760
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 100 jobs · $101,220
- 7. Construction Managers 100 jobs · $84,120
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $131,420
- 9. Software Developers 90 jobs · $99,260
- 10. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $83,320
- 11. Financial Managers 70 jobs · $126,920
- 12. Sales Managers 70 jobs · $117,810
- 13. Management Analysts 70 jobs · $92,500
- 14. Physicians, All Other 60 jobs · $149,360
- 15. Lawyers 60 jobs · $113,210
- 16. Mechanical Engineers 60 jobs · $99,150
- 17. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 60 jobs · $98,840
- 18. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $111,170
Occupations Tracked
185
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,946
employment-weighted, 184 complete rows
Top Salary
$149,360
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
85.9
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Anniston-Oxford, AL, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $98,540 |
| 2 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other | $84,640 |
| 3 | Industrial Engineers | $85,200 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $83,860 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $126,760 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $101,220 |
| 7 | Construction Managers | $84,120 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $131,420 |
| 9 | Software Developers | $99,260 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $83,320 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $126,920 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $117,810 |
| 13 | Management Analysts | $92,500 |
| 14 | Physicians, All Other | $149,360 |
| 15 | Lawyers | $113,210 |
| 16 | Mechanical Engineers | $99,150 |
| 17 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $98,840 |
| 18 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $111,170 |
| 19 | Physical Therapists | $98,520 |
| 20 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $142,230 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $102,450 |
| 22 | Civil Engineers | $97,290 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | $78,980 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $98,130 |
| 25 | Education Administrators, All Other | $85,480 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Anniston-Oxford, AL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $16,570 |
| Childcare Workers | $20,730 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $22,230 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,650 |
| Animal Caretakers | $23,700 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $23,960 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,640 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $25,740 |
| Bartenders | $25,760 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $25,780 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in AL
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside AL. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($48,946 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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