Mobile, AL Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Mobile, AL moved from $44,600 in May 2024 to $47,000 in May 2025 (+5.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Mobile, AL sits +2.3 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.
Nursing Assistants shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Mobile, AL
Nursing Assistants publishes $30,880 here versus $42,260 nationally (-26.9%; 2,100metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $23,510 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-24.6%).
- Nursing Assistants$30,880 in Mobile, AL sits 26.9% below the national Nursing Assistants median of $42,260 (2,100 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,510 in Mobile, AL sits 24.6% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,160 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$26,860 in Mobile, AL sits 23.8% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,510 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$36,830 in Mobile, AL sits 21.8% below the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (2,050 published local jobs).
Nursing Assistants and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Mobile, AL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 33660 · Mobile, AL $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #285/528
- RPP-LOW 88.1
- OCC-MID 372 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $375K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Spartanburg, SC
- BOOK-FULL 370 rows · May 2025
Read with Spartanburg, SC (+$4 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 Mobile, AL
Where Mobile, AL already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Civil Engineers lead published employment inside Mobile, AL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 1,050 jobs · $122,540
- 2. Civil Engineers 790 jobs · $107,810
- 3. Lawyers 560 jobs · $130,490
- 4. Financial Managers 530 jobs · $135,780
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 500 jobs · $137,650
- 6. Pharmacists 440 jobs · $134,570
- 7. Sales Managers 380 jobs · $124,050
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 370 jobs · $164,020
- 9. Physicians, All Other 340 jobs · $375,250
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 290 jobs · $128,770
- 11. Computer Network Architects 180 jobs · $126,080
- 12. Information Security Analysts 170 jobs · $121,810
- 13. Human Resources Managers 160 jobs · $110,250
- 14. Chemical Engineers 150 jobs · $137,170
- 15. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 150 jobs · $118,990
- 16. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 130 jobs · $114,610
- 17. Purchasing Managers 120 jobs · $125,500
- 18. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $207,010
Occupations Tracked
372
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,214
employment-weighted, 370 complete rows
Top Salary
$375,250
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
88.1
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Mobile, 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 | Software Developers | $122,540 |
| 2 | Civil Engineers | $107,810 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $130,490 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $135,780 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,650 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $134,570 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $124,050 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $164,020 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $375,250 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $128,770 |
| 11 | Computer Network Architects | $126,080 |
| 12 | Information Security Analysts | $121,810 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $110,250 |
| 14 | Chemical Engineers | $137,170 |
| 15 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $118,990 |
| 16 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $114,610 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $125,500 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $207,010 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $126,440 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $127,420 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $171,130 |
| 22 | Commercial Pilots | $137,960 |
| 23 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $176,620 |
| 24 | Natural Sciences Managers | $119,430 |
| 25 | Engineers, All Other | $114,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Mobile, AL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $18,000 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,180 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,350 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,770 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,400 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,510 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,070 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $25,690 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $25,720 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $26,450 |
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 ($57,214 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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 Mobile, AL wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Mobile, AL at $375,250/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,214 adjusts to about $64,944 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.1. 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.