Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 84.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL moved from $38,640 in May 2024 to $39,740 in May 2025 (+2.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL sits -0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
Retail Salespersons publishes $28,980 here versus $35,410 nationally (-18.2%; 2,080metro-area jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$28,980 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL sits 18.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,080 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22520 · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #494/528
- RPP-QUIET 84.8
- OCC-MID 219 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $189K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Valdosta, GA
- BOOK-MOST 216 rows · May 2025
Read with Valdosta, GA ($5 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
Where Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 740 jobs · $97,600
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $101,040
- 3. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $130,540
- 4. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $128,830
- 5. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $125,010
- 6. Industrial Engineers 140 jobs · $98,550
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $120,490
- 8. Software Developers 130 jobs · $116,260
- 9. Civil Engineers 110 jobs · $100,300
- 10. Lawyers 110 jobs · $98,850
- 11. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 90 jobs · $97,940
- 12. Mechanical Engineers 80 jobs · $108,510
- 13. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $104,010
- 14. Project Management Specialists 80 jobs · $93,950
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $109,970
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 50 jobs · $188,760
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $157,570
- 18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $153,870
Occupations Tracked
219
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,717
employment-weighted, 216 complete rows
Top Salary
$188,760
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
84.8
15% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Florence-Muscle Shoals, 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 | $97,600 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $101,040 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $130,540 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $128,830 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $125,010 |
| 6 | Industrial Engineers | $98,550 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $120,490 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $116,260 |
| 9 | Civil Engineers | $100,300 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $98,850 |
| 11 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,940 |
| 12 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $108,510 |
| 13 | Sales Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,010 |
| 14 | Project Management Specialists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $93,950 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $109,970 |
| 16 | Nurse Anesthetists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $188,760 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $157,570 |
| 18 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $153,870 |
| 19 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,330 |
| 20 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $164,770 |
| 21 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $140,000 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $117,960 |
| 23 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,990 |
| 24 | Management Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,270 |
| 25 | Education Administrators, All Other | $92,830 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $17,260 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $19,550 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $19,880 |
| Cooks, Short Order Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,480 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,930 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,590 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $23,060 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,330 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,390 |
| Residential Advisors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $23,530 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($48,717 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL wage figures in a real decision
- Nurse Anesthetists leads published medians in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL at $188,760/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Nurse Anesthetists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $48,717 adjusts to about $57,438 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 84.8. 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.