Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0100003 · Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $50K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #470/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 252 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $257K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH West Tennessee n…
- BOOK-MOST 247 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 Southwest Alabama nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Industrial Engineers lead published employment inside Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 810 jobs · $98,410
- 2. Industrial Engineers 340 jobs · $113,700
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $132,640
- 4. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $119,220
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 140 jobs · $103,910
- 6. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $136,150
- 7. Lawyers 120 jobs · $99,440
- 8. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $123,560
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $128,710
- 10. Physicians, All Other 60 jobs · $256,820
- 11. Sales Managers 60 jobs · $129,690
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $156,570
- 13. Facilities Managers 50 jobs · $147,710
- 14. Chemical Engineers 50 jobs · $132,970
- 15. Purchasing Managers 50 jobs · $121,890
- 16. Software Developers 50 jobs · $117,470
- 17. Human Resources Managers 50 jobs · $108,360
- 18. Computer Systems Analysts 50 jobs · $107,240
Occupations Tracked
252
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$50,467
employment-weighted, 247 complete rows
Top Salary
$256,820
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southwest 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 | $98,410 |
| 2 | Industrial Engineers | $113,700 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $132,640 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $119,220 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $103,910 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $136,150 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $99,440 |
| 8 | Electrical Engineers | $123,560 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,710 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $256,820 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $129,690 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $156,570 |
| 13 | Facilities Managers | $147,710 |
| 14 | Chemical Engineers | $132,970 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $121,890 |
| 16 | Software Developers | $117,470 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $108,360 |
| 18 | Computer Systems Analysts | $107,240 |
| 19 | Chief Executives | $159,670 |
| 20 | Environmental Engineers | $113,290 |
| 21 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $99,850 |
| 22 | Computer Network Architects | $98,400 |
| 23 | Chemists | $104,620 |
| 24 | Management Analysts | $101,340 |
| 25 | Power Plant Operators | $107,280 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bus Drivers, School | $17,070 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $18,060 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $20,620 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $20,970 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,160 |
| Animal Caretakers | $21,950 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,190 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,580 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $23,000 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,090 |
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 ($50,467 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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