Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $42,260 here versus $44,650 nationally (-5.4%; 4,500metro-area jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,260 in Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area sits 5.4% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (4,500 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0100001 · Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $48K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #505/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 230 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $341K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Laredo, TX
- BOOK-MOST 228 rows · May 2025
Read with Laredo, TX ($54 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northwest Alabama nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 750 jobs · $103,990
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 220 jobs · $102,780
- 3. Pharmacists 210 jobs · $130,910
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 160 jobs · $104,910
- 5. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $126,780
- 6. Construction Managers 150 jobs · $91,430
- 7. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $129,770
- 8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 110 jobs · $95,640
- 9. Software Developers 100 jobs · $90,660
- 10. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $341,060
- 11. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $95,940
- 12. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 80 jobs · $95,210
- 13. Civil Engineers 80 jobs · $91,380
- 14. Lawyers 70 jobs · $99,250
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $123,390
- 16. Purchasing Managers 60 jobs · $94,990
- 17. Computer Systems Analysts 60 jobs · $88,990
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $134,010
Occupations Tracked
230
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$47,683
employment-weighted, 228 complete rows
Top Salary
$341,060
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, 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 | $103,990 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $102,780 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $130,910 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $104,910 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $126,780 |
| 6 | Construction Managers | $91,430 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $129,770 |
| 8 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $95,640 |
| 9 | Software Developers | $90,660 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $341,060 |
| 11 | Physical Therapists | $95,940 |
| 12 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $95,210 |
| 13 | Civil Engineers | $91,380 |
| 14 | Lawyers | $99,250 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $123,390 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $94,990 |
| 17 | Computer Systems Analysts | $88,990 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $134,010 |
| 19 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $103,890 |
| 20 | Chief Executives | $151,460 |
| 21 | Management Analysts | $102,050 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $96,590 |
| 23 | Nurse Anesthetists | $169,250 |
| 24 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other | $97,070 |
| 25 | Education Administrators, All Other | $97,180 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $17,810 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,500 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,570 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $22,790 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $22,880 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,400 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $23,570 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,830 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $24,050 |
| Recreation Workers | $25,360 |
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 ($47,683 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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