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%).

  1. Cashiers$25,420 in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area sits 22.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,230 published local jobs).
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KSoutheast Alabama no… · this MSA: $49KSoutheast Alabama no… · this…$49KNorth Central Tennes… · near: $49KNorth Central Tennes… · near$49KAnniston-Oxford, AL · near: $49KAnniston-Oxford, AL · near$49KSoutheast Missouri n… · near: $49KSoutheast Missouri n… · near$49KGoldsboro, NC · near: $49KGoldsboro, NC · near$49KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Southeast Alabama no… · this MSA $49K
North Central Tennes… · near $49K
Anniston-Oxford, AL · near $49K
Southeast Missouri n… · near $49K
Goldsboro, NC · near $49K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

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. 1. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 200 jobs · $136,990
  2. 2. Software Developers 200 jobs · $115,890
  3. 3. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $107,790
  4. 4. Nurse Practitioners 180 jobs · $104,970
  5. 5. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $129,890
  6. 6. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $116,810
  7. 7. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 120 jobs · $99,210
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $129,930
  9. 9. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $129,890
  10. 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $125,060
  11. 11. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $234,560
  12. 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $133,940
  13. 13. Mechanical Engineers 80 jobs · $99,390
  14. 14. Information Security Analysts 70 jobs · $106,560
  15. 15. Electrical Engineers 60 jobs · $121,700
  16. 16. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 60 jobs · $102,400
  17. 17. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $102,290
  18. 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.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $136,990
2 Software Developers $115,890
3 Industrial Production Managers $107,790
4 Nurse Practitioners $104,970
5 Pharmacists $129,890
6 Financial Managers $116,810
7 Education Administrators, Postsecondary $99,210
8 Computer and Information Systems Managers $129,930
9 Managers, All Other $129,890
10 Sales Managers $125,060
11 Physicians, All Other $234,560
12 Architectural and Engineering Managers $133,940
13 Mechanical Engineers $99,390
14 Information Security Analysts $106,560
15 Electrical Engineers $121,700
16 Business Teachers, Postsecondary $102,400
17 Human Resources Managers $102,290
18 Chief Executives $151,460
19 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $127,450
20 Engineers, All Other $108,260
21 Facilities Managers $106,870
22 Computer Network Architects $106,800
23 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers $101,490
24 Commercial Pilots $120,280
25 Education Administrators, All Other $102,210

Lowest Paying Jobs in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 268 published occupation means with employment estimates is $49,103/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 272 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $120,884, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $234,560/year. The second highest is Chief Executives at $151,460/year.
What jobs pay the least in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area is Bus Drivers, School with a median salary of $16,860/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

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