Dothan, AL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 83.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Dothan, AL moved from $36,730 in May 2024 to $38,170 in May 2025 (+3.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Dothan, AL sits +0.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Dothan, AL
Retail Salespersons publishes $28,770 here versus $35,410 nationally (-18.8%; 2,360metro-area jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$28,770 in Dothan, AL sits 18.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,360 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Dothan, AL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 20020 · Dothan, AL $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #496/528
- RPP-QUIET 83.8
- OCC-MID 247 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $363K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Monroe, LA
- BOOK-MOST 244 rows · May 2025
Read with Monroe, LA ($46 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 Dothan, AL
Where Dothan, AL already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Dothan, AL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 840 jobs · $96,840
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 260 jobs · $105,730
- 3. Physicians, All Other 220 jobs · $363,120
- 4. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $131,230
- 5. Software Developers 160 jobs · $115,580
- 6. Lawyers 140 jobs · $129,990
- 7. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $124,810
- 8. Training and Development Specialists 120 jobs · $120,020
- 9. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $101,950
- 10. Physical Therapists 120 jobs · $95,460
- 11. Nurse Anesthetists 90 jobs · $187,980
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $125,160
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $102,100
- 14. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 90 jobs · $97,800
- 15. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $99,290
- 16. Project Management Specialists 60 jobs · $135,260
- 17. Computer Network Architects 60 jobs · $104,040
- 18. Industrial Engineers 60 jobs · $94,090
Occupations Tracked
247
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,587
employment-weighted, 244 complete rows
Top Salary
$363,120
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
83.8
16% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Dothan, 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 | $96,840 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $105,730 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $363,120 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $131,230 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $115,580 |
| 6 | Lawyers | $129,990 |
| 7 | Financial Managers | $124,810 |
| 8 | Training and Development Specialists | $120,020 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $101,950 |
| 10 | Physical Therapists | $95,460 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $187,980 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $125,160 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $102,100 |
| 14 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $97,800 |
| 15 | Electrical Engineers | $99,290 |
| 16 | Project Management Specialists | $135,260 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects | $104,040 |
| 18 | Industrial Engineers | $94,090 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $174,110 |
| 20 | Personal Financial Advisors | $120,430 |
| 21 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $116,340 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $109,990 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants | $103,890 |
| 24 | Management Analysts | $100,950 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $99,440 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Dothan, AL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $16,970 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $20,800 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $21,250 |
| Coaches and Scouts | $21,520 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,600 |
| Childcare Workers | $21,910 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,360 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,300 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,570 |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | $24,020 |
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 ($48,587 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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How to use Dothan, AL wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Dothan, AL at $363,120/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $48,587 adjusts to about $57,957 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 83.8. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for AL before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.