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title: "Average Salary in Alabama"
description: "Mean $57,500, median $45,670 in Alabama (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/alabama"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Alabama

Mean annual wage $57,500, median $45,670 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $51,420 (rank 34 of 51 by that measure; rank 46 nominal).

| Percentile | Alabama | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $26,090 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $32,050 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $45,670 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $66,790 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $101,250 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 88.8 |
| Housing (rents) | 61.8 |
| Goods | 96.4 |
| Utilities | 84.6 |
| Other services | 96.7 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $103,980 | 112,960 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $100,030 | 57,370 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $99,990 | 49,580 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $76,390 | 108,150 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $74,070 | 14,570 |
| Legal | $73,480 | 14,110 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $67,360 | 145,300 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $56,690 | 113,630 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $56,530 | 108,070 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $49,140 | 18,140 |
| Community and Social Service | $49,020 | 24,610 |
| Construction and Extraction | $47,810 | 89,430 |
| Protective Service | $44,450 | 48,670 |
| Production | $44,250 | 215,430 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $40,460 | 226,670 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $38,220 | 208,000 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $37,750 | 6,260 |
| Sales | $35,000 | 202,240 |
| Healthcare Support | $33,790 | 75,330 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $32,240 | 53,490 |
| Personal Care and Service | $28,560 | 36,990 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $27,780 | 184,640 |

## Most common jobs

- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 60,880 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 54,340 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 46,580 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 46,420 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 45,050 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 41,460 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 36,650 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 36,140 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 33,290 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 30,170 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $272,610 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $190,300 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $166,420 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $162,350 median
- [Energy Engineer, Except Wind and Solar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-engineer): $152,550 median
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $140,500 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $138,670 median
- [Computer Hardware Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-hardware-engineer): $136,990 median
- [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager): $135,890 median
- [Chemical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chemical-engineer): $135,030 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Logging Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/logging-equipment-operator): 6.50x the national share
- [Aerospace Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineer): 6.32x the national share
- [Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/furnace-kiln-oven-drier-and-kettle-operator-and-tender): 5.63x the national share
- [Metal-Refining Furnace Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/metal-refining-furnace-operator-and-tender): 5.50x the national share
- [Engine and Other Machine Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/engine-and-other-machine-assembler): 5.45x the national share
- [Rolling Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/rolling-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-metal-and-plastic): 4.99x the national share
- [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer): 4.61x the national share
- [Machine Feeder and Offbearer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/machine-feeder-and-offbearer): 3.75x the national share
- [Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-winding-twisting-and-drawing-out-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 3.54x the national share
- [Sawing Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Wood](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sawing-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-wood): 3.38x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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