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.
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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