Gadsden, AL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Gadsden, AL moved from $35,220 in May 2024 to $36,660 in May 2025 (+4.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Gadsden, AL sits +1.0 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 23460 · Gadsden, AL $45K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #520/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.7
- OCC-THIN 152 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $226K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE +1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH West Delta Missi…
- BOOK-MOST 149 rows · May 2025
Read with West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area ($467 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 Gadsden, AL
Where Gadsden, AL already employs the upper wage tier
Registered Nurses and General and Operations Managers lead published employment inside Gadsden, AL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,210 jobs · $77,810
- 2. General and Operations Managers 400 jobs · $91,470
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 260 jobs · $85,100
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 130 jobs · $103,700
- 5. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $129,090
- 6. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $106,720
- 7. Speech-Language Pathologists 90 jobs · $80,070
- 8. Occupational Therapists 80 jobs · $87,620
- 9. Financial Managers 70 jobs · $122,470
- 10. Lawyers 70 jobs · $94,220
- 11. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $75,210
- 12. Physicians, All Other 60 jobs · $207,450
- 13. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 60 jobs · $92,140
- 14. Sales Managers 60 jobs · $80,950
- 15. Compliance Officers 60 jobs · $69,990
- 16. Social and Community Service Managers 50 jobs · $73,920
- 17. Industrial Engineers 50 jobs · $72,880
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 40 jobs · $115,430
Occupations Tracked
152
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$44,973
employment-weighted, 149 complete rows
Top Salary
$226,450
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
85.7
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Gadsden, 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 | Registered Nurses | $77,810 |
| 2 | General and Operations Managers | $91,470 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $85,100 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $103,700 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $129,090 |
| 6 | Physical Therapists | $106,720 |
| 7 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $80,070 |
| 8 | Occupational Therapists | $87,620 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $122,470 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $94,220 |
| 11 | Construction Managers | $75,210 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $207,450 |
| 13 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $92,140 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $80,950 |
| 15 | Compliance Officers | $69,990 |
| 16 | Social and Community Service Managers | $73,920 |
| 17 | Industrial Engineers | $72,880 |
| 18 | Industrial Production Managers | $115,430 |
| 19 | Civil Engineers | $78,830 |
| 20 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $76,270 |
| 21 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $74,990 |
| 22 | Cost Estimators | $69,430 |
| 23 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators | $66,910 |
| 24 | Family Medicine Physicians | $226,450 |
| 25 | Education Administrators, All Other | $81,480 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Gadsden, AL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $17,960 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,800 |
| Childcare Workers | $21,050 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $21,940 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $22,480 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,750 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,770 |
| Animal Caretakers | $23,590 |
| Bartenders | $23,700 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,030 |
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 ($44,973 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 Gadsden, AL wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Gadsden, AL at $226,450/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $44,973 adjusts to about $52,506 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.7. 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.