Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $25,420 here versus $32,880 nationally (-22.7%; 2,230metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $28,340 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-20.0%).
- Cashiers$25,420 in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area sits 22.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,230 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$28,340 in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area sits 20.0% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$50,960 in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area sits 13.1% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,200 published local jobs).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$34,700 in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area sits 7.0% below the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (2,200 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0100004 · Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #490/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 272 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $235K
- EMP-MIX Airline Pilo…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH North Central Te…
- BOOK-MOST 268 rows · May 2025
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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 Southeast Alabama nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 200 jobs · $136,990
- 2. Software Developers 200 jobs · $115,890
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $107,790
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 180 jobs · $104,970
- 5. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $129,890
- 6. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $116,810
- 7. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 120 jobs · $99,210
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $129,930
- 9. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $129,890
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $125,060
- 11. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $234,560
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $133,940
- 13. Mechanical Engineers 80 jobs · $99,390
- 14. Information Security Analysts 70 jobs · $106,560
- 15. Electrical Engineers 60 jobs · $121,700
- 16. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 60 jobs · $102,400
- 17. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $102,290
- 18. Chief Executives 40 jobs · $151,460
Occupations Tracked
272
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$49,103
employment-weighted, 268 complete rows
Top Salary
$234,560
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southeast 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.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $16,860 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $18,070 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,950 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,580 |
| Recreation Workers | $21,810 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $22,010 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,580 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,840 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,120 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,250 |
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 ($49,103 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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