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.
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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