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title: "Average Salary in Huntsville, AL"
description: "Mean $71,090, median $51,740 in the Huntsville metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Huntsville, AL

Huntsville, AL metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $71,090, median $51,740 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 266,650 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $55,590.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,370 |
| 25th | $36,190 |
| 50th | $51,740 |
| 75th | $89,810 |
| 90th | $139,120 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 93.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 77.9 |
| Goods | 96.4 |
| Utilities | 83.9 |
| Other services | 96.7 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $234,150
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $211,580
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $207,600
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $171,850
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $171,200
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $160,200
- [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager): $159,490
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): $155,960
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $155,940
- [Remote Sensing Scientist and Technologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/remote-sensing-scientist-and-technologist): $154,980

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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