Huntsville, AL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Huntsville, AL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Huntsville, AL moved from $50,470 in May 2024 to $51,740 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Huntsville, AL sits -0.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Business Operations Specialists, All Other shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Huntsville, AL
Business Operations Specialists, All Other publishes $124,950 here versus $83,050 nationally (+50.5%; 3,100metro-area jobs). Next is Logisticians at $117,060 locally versus $82,320 nationally (+42.2%).
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other$124,950 in Huntsville, AL sits 50.5% above the national Business Operations Specialists, All Other median of $83,050 (3,100 published local jobs).
- Logisticians$117,060 in Huntsville, AL sits 42.2% above the national Logisticians median of $82,320 (2,780 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$136,340 in Huntsville, AL sits 28.9% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,050 published local jobs).
- Engineers, All Other$155,630 in Huntsville, AL sits 26.6% above the national Engineers, All Other median of $122,930 (3,110 published local jobs).
Business Operations Specialists, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Huntsville, AL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26620 · Huntsville, AL $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #38/528
- RPP-LOW 93.1
- OCC-MID 388 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $357K
- EMP-MIX Aerospace En…
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Albany-Schenecta…
- BOOK-FULL 378 rows · May 2025
Read with Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (+$1 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Huntsville, AL
Employment scale inside Huntsville, AL's top-pay list
Aerospace Engineers and General and Operations Managers lead published employment inside Huntsville, AL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Aerospace Engineers 4,880 jobs · $131,090
- 2. General and Operations Managers 4,050 jobs · $136,340
- 3. Engineers, All Other 3,110 jobs · $155,630
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,250 jobs · $164,060
- 5. Computer Network Architects 1,660 jobs · $132,410
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,630 jobs · $168,380
- 7. Financial Managers 890 jobs · $158,620
- 8. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 890 jobs · $133,330
- 9. Lawyers 730 jobs · $133,220
- 10. Sales Managers 660 jobs · $134,690
- 11. Pharmacists 600 jobs · $136,840
- 12. Managers, All Other 570 jobs · $153,920
- 13. Computer Hardware Engineers 560 jobs · $142,670
- 14. Purchasing Managers 520 jobs · $146,970
- 15. Industrial Production Managers 440 jobs · $136,240
- 16. Physicians, All Other 430 jobs · $357,010
- 17. Operations Research Analysts 350 jobs · $132,000
- 18. Nurse Anesthetists 280 jobs · $213,590
Occupations Tracked
388
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$71,155
employment-weighted, 378 complete rows
Top Salary
$357,010
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
93.1
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Huntsville, AL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $357,010 |
| 2 | Nurse Anesthetists | $213,590 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $213,530 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $206,750 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $168,380 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $164,060 |
| 7 | Optometrists | $161,170 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $158,620 |
| 9 | Engineers, All Other | $155,630 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $153,920 |
| 11 | Physicists | $149,990 |
| 12 | Purchasing Managers | $146,970 |
| 13 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $142,670 |
| 14 | Physical Scientists, All Other | $142,650 |
| 15 | Public Relations Managers | $138,130 |
| 16 | Pharmacists | $136,840 |
| 17 | General and Operations Managers | $136,340 |
| 18 | Industrial Production Managers | $136,240 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $134,990 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $134,690 |
| 21 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $133,330 |
| 22 | Lawyers | $133,220 |
| 23 | Computer Network Architects | $132,410 |
| 24 | Operations Research Analysts | $132,000 |
| 25 | Aerospace Engineers | $131,090 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Huntsville, AL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $18,750 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $22,510 |
| Childcare Workers | $23,110 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,180 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,010 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $25,340 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $25,920 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $25,930 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $26,110 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $26,440 |
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 ($71,155 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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