Wages by Occupation in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 87,120 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $38,520 for all occupations combined. 269 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

33.7% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.3), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 94.7 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 89.2; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 9,199 residents (3.8% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±907; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 2.5% in 2025, with a labor force of about 120,262 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

32.6% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.2), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$35,339	$32,485
High school graduate	$41,214	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$43,700	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$66,858	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$76,200	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	22.0% (±3.7)	24.2%
High school graduate	11.1% (±1.6)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	8.4% (±1.4)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1% (±0.9)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	29.3%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	11.6%	10.0%
Business	23.9%	20.1%
Education	15.0%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	20.2%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	820	$71,230	$76,250	9.44	1.01
Administrative Services Managers	40	$68,390	$92,590	0.44	0.26
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	170	$61,590	$64,540	1.99	2.24
Aircraft Service Attendants	40	$37,890	$42,380	0.50	2.48
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	670	$27,170	$27,080	7.72	3.02
Animal Caretakers	330	$29,480	$33,890	3.75	2.18
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	30	$97,110	$112,750	0.36	0.52
Architectural and Civil Drafters	50	$52,260	$54,310	0.57	0.86
Architectural and Engineering Managers	70	$160,680	$170,540	0.83	0.59
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	100	$30,090	$31,120	1.10	1.68
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	60	$54,430	$56,410	0.71	0.74
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	470	$45,720	$51,620	5.43	1.20
Bakers	80	$36,700	$34,060	0.90	0.59
Bartenders	740	$28,360	$31,280	8.45	1.74
Bill and Account Collectors	40	$39,460	$42,110	0.50	0.49
Billing and Posting Clerks	120	$38,770	$42,740	1.43	0.55
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,000	$43,660	$44,070	11.50	1.30
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	70	$48,840	$49,350	0.83	2.45
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	150	$50,530	$53,590	1.73	0.93
Bus Drivers, School	270	$17,840	$19,610	3.15	1.21
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	70	$78,840	$90,130	0.77	0.11
Butchers and Meat Cutters	150	$37,440	$38,120	1.77	2.01
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	240	$65,370	$71,050	2.79	0.88
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	60	$42,950	$41,360	0.67	1.34
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	40	$76,140	$91,830	0.44	1.84
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	40	$65,660	$60,860	0.51	1.27
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$57,430	$60,780	0.79	1.07
Cargo and Freight Agents	90	$43,400	$46,920	1.09	1.73
Carpenters	270	$46,990	$47,840	3.11	0.72
Cashiers	2,680	$28,380	$28,260	30.71	1.55
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	220	$44,720	$44,710	2.52	1.90
Chefs and Head Cooks	90	$68,830	$62,480	1.05	0.82
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	80	$44,400	$48,010	0.92	0.37
Childcare Workers	180	$22,280	$24,490	2.07	0.62
Chiropractors	40	$78,620	$85,570	0.46	1.79
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$47,280	$55,340	0.46	1.04
Civil Engineers	200	$94,790	$102,070	2.32	0.98
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	60	$78,560	$77,610	0.68	0.33
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	160	$29,880	$30,340	1.83	0.75
Clergy	40	$49,330	$49,630	0.45	1.23
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	190	$45,780	$51,420	2.23	1.04
Coaches and Scouts	110	$38,570	$38,630	1.26	0.79
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	120	$44,460	$49,520	1.35	1.32
Commercial Pilots	50	$95,870	$104,050	0.60	1.94
Compliance Officers	100	$69,220	$72,650	1.15	0.43
Computer and Information Systems Managers	100	$124,650	$130,180	1.16	0.27
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	60	$49,360	$51,920	0.64	0.59
Computer Systems Analysts	60	$93,760	$98,240	0.70	0.21
Computer User Support Specialists	220	$47,210	$49,190	2.50	0.54
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	30	$38,940	$44,460	0.37	0.88
Concierges	40	$30,990	$30,900	0.46	1.46
Construction and Building Inspectors	70	$58,570	$65,190	0.81	0.86
Construction Laborers	970	$38,440	$40,290	11.09	1.57
Construction Managers	460	$89,040	$101,110	5.29	2.16
Cooks, Fast Food	1,080	$28,000	$27,520	12.40	3.01
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	320	$27,270	$27,880	3.68	1.30
Cooks, Restaurant	1,600	$33,850	$33,810	18.39	2.03
Cooks, Short Order	190	$22,330	$25,340	2.18	2.45
Correctional Officers and Jailers	260	$43,490	$46,020	2.96	1.21
Cost Estimators	130	$65,670	$68,630	1.50	1.04
Counter and Rental Clerks	670	$33,810	$35,170	7.74	3.00
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	100	$48,450	$47,860	1.17	1.01
Customer Service Representatives	1,110	$37,820	$40,440	12.69	0.76
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$44,060	$44,390	0.64	0.58
Data Entry Keyers	30	$34,860	$36,460	0.39	0.48
Data Scientists	30	$71,240	$89,310	0.39	0.23
Dental Assistants	260	$38,220	$40,590	2.96	1.19
Dental Hygienists	160	$61,000	$60,320	1.84	1.29
Dental Laboratory Technicians	60	$48,050	$45,800	0.64	2.91
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	50	$50,700	$60,270	0.58	0.79
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	60	$66,270	$65,100	0.66	1.14
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	380	$22,330	$24,020	4.32	1.24
Dishwashers	340	$29,540	$29,100	3.93	1.28
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	70	$41,450	$45,930	0.78	0.60
Driver/Sales Workers	160	$28,460	$34,950	1.85	0.70
Education Administrators, All Other	—	$95,380	$86,920	—	—
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	150	$100,450	$99,690	1.73	0.82
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$43,690	$50,180	0.51	1.07
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	170	$62,740	$61,780	1.95	0.86
Electrical Engineers	60	$103,240	$114,730	0.68	0.53
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	190	$96,510	$84,750	2.22	2.63
Electricians	410	$50,840	$54,220	4.65	0.96
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	—	$61,680	$61,180	—	—
Emergency Medical Technicians	60	$38,470	$40,710	0.72	0.62
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$59,560	$62,830	0.46	0.80
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	80	$63,000	$63,870	0.96	0.32
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	140	$43,880	$41,360	1.62	0.78
Family Medicine Physicians	—	$101,990	$125,770	—	—
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,240	$23,000	$26,380	25.76	1.04
Financial and Investment Analysts	—	$90,450	$105,950	—	—
Financial Managers	170	$133,390	$144,420	1.93	0.36
Firefighters	290	$46,260	$47,410	3.36	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	640	$61,500	$66,670	7.31	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	190	$43,640	$47,980	2.21	3.33
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	60	$90,270	$94,180	0.64	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,280	$38,050	$43,370	14.73	1.87
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	170	$39,890	$45,180	1.92	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	150	$55,390	$58,320	1.76	2.10
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	590	$62,890	$70,820	6.76	1.70
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	130	$80,860	$83,220	1.53	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	820	$55,360	$59,910	9.38	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	70	$36,500	$43,050	0.76	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	60	$97,560	$92,250	0.74	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	410	$65,410	$70,860	4.65	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,620	$44,890	$49,570	18.61	2.58
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$57,360	$60,010	0.46	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	410	$60,120	$61,850	4.70	1.17
Food Batchmakers	30	$37,350	$39,110	0.38	0.34
Food Preparation Workers	1,190	$28,490	$28,970	13.63	2.37
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	140	$29,750	$30,140	1.58	0.83
Food Service Managers	280	$64,080	$73,280	3.23	2.10
General and Operations Managers	1,380	$100,260	$124,050	15.85	0.70
Graphic Designers	70	$47,380	$50,000	0.79	0.62
Healthcare Social Workers	110	$59,290	$57,330	1.21	1.00
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	540	$46,870	$48,460	6.22	2.36
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	990	$47,560	$51,770	11.34	0.85
Helpers--Electricians	140	$36,160	$37,300	1.62	3.95
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	90	$31,870	$33,020	0.98	1.59
Helpers--Production Workers	170	$38,020	$36,890	1.91	1.80
Highway Maintenance Workers	80	$45,590	$45,810	0.94	0.94
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,030	$28,570	$28,920	11.81	0.43
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	560	$26,870	$26,950	6.40	2.30
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	380	$28,740	$29,660	4.42	2.63
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	30	$37,360	$42,450	0.36	0.63
Human Resources Managers	50	$103,910	$111,910	0.60	0.42
Human Resources Specialists	380	$62,570	$69,770	4.37	0.74
Industrial Engineers	90	$99,650	$99,920	1.03	0.44
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	260	$57,540	$58,790	3.00	1.06
Industrial Production Managers	90	$122,260	$127,550	1.04	0.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	160	$40,450	$41,520	1.87	0.38
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	100	$48,000	$49,860	1.19	0.31
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$39,120	$42,890	0.64	0.57
Instructional Coordinators	60	$62,570	$70,490	0.65	0.45
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	50	$39,600	$41,970	0.57	0.41
Insurance Underwriters	40	$43,540	$57,420	0.45	0.66
Interior Designers	40	$58,730	$60,270	0.50	1.09
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	100	$31,620	$34,460	1.16	1.22
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,330	$32,010	$33,100	15.31	1.08
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$57,220	$58,430	0.38	2.47
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,290	$37,310	$36,900	14.77	0.78
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	960	$36,120	$36,930	11.01	1.80
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	120	$28,230	$28,020	1.34	1.05
Lawyers	180	$80,090	$114,230	2.10	0.43
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	90	$50,260	$50,190	1.04	1.04
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	100	$67,550	$66,200	1.19	1.38
Library Assistants, Clerical	40	$32,150	$31,700	0.46	0.84
Library Technicians	50	$36,040	$37,440	0.52	1.18
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	350	$58,280	$55,860	4.07	0.98
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	200	$31,470	$32,060	2.32	2.29
Light Truck Drivers	550	$37,370	$41,890	6.34	1.00
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	80	$42,340	$42,620	0.88	0.83
Loan Officers	180	$66,250	$80,320	2.10	1.19
Lodging Managers	60	$82,890	$91,720	0.68	2.46
Logisticians	70	$63,950	$71,430	0.76	0.47
Machinists	140	$60,590	$59,390	1.59	0.86
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600	$27,920	$28,560	6.90	1.25
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,070	$40,240	$42,040	12.34	1.25
Management Analysts	70	$126,810	$126,430	0.85	0.15
Managers, All Other	40	$105,370	$114,150	0.49	0.12
Manicurists and Pedicurists	90	$29,440	$33,240	1.08	1.10
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	370	$57,000	$63,870	4.21	0.73
Marketing Managers	50	$107,340	$122,830	0.59	0.23
Massage Therapists	30	$60,160	$59,810	0.40	0.63
Mechanical Engineers	70	$95,530	$101,530	0.82	0.43
Medical and Health Services Managers	300	$95,990	$103,860	3.48	0.91
Medical Assistants	510	$36,490	$36,240	5.89	1.12
Medical Equipment Preparers	40	$36,080	$38,310	0.48	0.96
Medical Records Specialists	60	$44,950	$43,990	0.64	0.51
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	820	$36,470	$40,070	9.41	1.52
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$52,780	$58,260	0.71	0.78
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	120	$37,240	$42,120	1.33	1.25
Meter Readers, Utilities	30	$49,660	$53,610	0.35	2.79
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	370	$60,460	$60,630	4.24	1.06
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	350	$36,640	$39,760	4.04	0.45
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	160	$65,200	$64,550	1.81	1.60
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$47,550	$49,520	1.66	1.72
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	120	$48,500	$51,250	1.34	9.01
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	110	$76,590	$82,700	1.27	0.63
Nurse Anesthetists	—	$197,560	$189,120	—	—
Nurse Practitioners	—	$104,410	$109,640	—	—
Nursing Assistants	860	$34,150	$33,860	9.93	1.07
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$80,520	$83,730	0.84	1.69
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	50	$83,410	$85,780	0.56	0.62
Office Clerks, General	560	$27,430	$28,840	6.46	0.41
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	350	$47,450	$51,630	3.98	1.29
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	90	$35,300	$37,510	0.99	2.17
Opticians, Dispensing	50	$37,410	$40,320	0.61	1.29
Optometrists	40	$160,680	$141,540	0.49	1.76
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	30	$41,040	$42,730	0.36	1.56
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	40	$38,250	$39,610	0.40	0.17
Packers and Packagers, Hand	190	$27,330	$28,960	2.22	0.62
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	120	$43,370	$44,470	1.34	0.92
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	220	$43,990	$46,370	2.56	1.01
Parking Attendants	40	$30,760	$31,830	0.47	0.53
Parts Salespersons	270	$35,290	$38,290	3.15	1.81
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	60	$40,370	$43,140	0.67	0.68
Personal Financial Advisors	100	$74,820	$128,260	1.14	0.66
Pest Control Workers	170	$38,500	$42,110	1.91	2.89
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	50	$38,420	$40,930	0.56	3.21
Pharmacists	200	$136,860	$130,000	2.33	1.12
Pharmacy Technicians	330	$41,820	$43,350	3.76	1.24
Physical Therapist Assistants	90	$59,640	$62,520	0.99	1.37
Physical Therapists	90	$94,120	$94,930	1.02	0.59
Physician Assistants	40	$112,610	$114,770	0.42	0.40
Physicians, All Other	210	$133,880	$209,590	2.44	1.11
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	330	$57,080	$56,280	3.76	1.26
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	560	$58,860	$59,270	6.40	1.48
Postal Service Clerks	60	$61,050	$59,980	0.65	1.38
Postal Service Mail Carriers	190	$60,550	$60,900	2.17	1.03
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	360	$28,480	$29,440	4.08	1.32
Printing Press Operators	70	$37,480	$39,800	0.77	0.83
Project Management Specialists	—	$84,520	$87,770	—	—
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	280	$54,880	$63,450	3.18	1.59
Psychiatric Aides	40	$30,020	$28,830	0.50	2.19
Public Relations Specialists	120	$68,260	$69,090	1.37	0.75
Public Safety Telecommunicators	100	$43,140	$42,900	1.10	1.67
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	100	$68,830	$66,810	1.18	0.80
Receptionists and Information Clerks	460	$31,750	$32,390	5.28	0.90
Recreation Workers	330	$33,670	$35,380	3.75	1.76
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	140	$47,150	$48,020	1.59	1.68
Registered Nurses	1,770	$79,450	$76,440	20.27	0.93
Residential Advisors	110	$26,220	$28,280	1.28	2.34
Respiratory Therapists	80	$74,650	$71,660	0.92	1.03
Retail Salespersons	4,550	$29,600	$33,090	52.18	2.08
Sales Managers	140	$124,990	$132,800	1.63	0.40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	490	$55,190	$65,730	5.63	0.70
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	840	$64,290	$80,140	9.67	1.21
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	80	$91,940	$97,160	0.93	0.51
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	30	$40,000	$41,870	0.38	1.45
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	820	$62,400	$63,490	9.37	1.37
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,820	$39,560	$41,980	20.89	1.90
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	250	$47,900	$64,610	2.89	0.92
Security Guards	750	$31,240	$33,010	8.59	1.04
Self-Enrichment Teachers	80	$36,560	$40,170	0.94	0.44
Sewing Machine Operators	50	$31,140	$33,460	0.61	0.91
Sheet Metal Workers	60	$48,720	$51,550	0.71	0.93
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	220	$39,840	$40,700	2.56	0.49
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	50	$31,340	$31,650	0.63	0.39
Social and Community Service Managers	60	$64,160	$67,300	0.73	0.54
Social and Human Service Assistants	90	$34,950	$38,800	1.06	0.38
Software Developers	340	$121,320	$120,280	3.96	0.36
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	50	$64,750	$66,310	0.54	0.32
Speech-Language Pathologists	80	$71,200	$73,160	0.93	0.79
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,150	$34,770	$34,460	24.73	1.36
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	60	$50,740	$49,120	0.66	1.95
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	140	$50,500	$52,380	1.65	0.52
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,190	$25,340	$24,860	13.70	4.06
Surgical Technologists	80	$49,600	$49,200	0.92	1.21
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60	$45,240	$49,110	0.73	1.96
Surveyors	50	$59,800	$64,270	0.55	1.69
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	30	$30,160	$31,410	0.34	1.56
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	80	$56,210	$57,780	0.96	2.63
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	500	$26,620	$26,830	5.70	0.62
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	40	$22,910	$24,540	0.46	0.44
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	130	$59,120	$61,900	1.51	1.67
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	70	$56,400	$57,930	0.77	1.22
Tellers	—	$37,850	$38,080	—	—
Tire Repairers and Changers	80	$34,680	$35,840	0.92	1.32
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	80	$61,570	$60,680	0.89	2.85
Training and Development Specialists	50	$52,160	$58,960	0.63	0.21
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	40	$129,840	$138,200	0.48	0.34
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	50	$45,810	$45,440	0.52	1.47
Tutors	40	$33,970	$35,790	0.45	0.40
Urban and Regional Planners	30	$66,020	$79,170	0.40	1.40
Waiters and Waitresses	3,120	$27,080	$28,580	35.78	2.45
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	150	$51,570	$57,750	1.76	2.13
Web Developers	30	$56,030	$58,840	0.38	0.84
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	210	$47,860	$51,670	2.41	0.90
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	80	$38,940	$39,420	0.96	2.44

Colleges in this area

3 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Coastal Alabama Community College	Public	2-year	7,553
Columbia Southern University	Private for-profit	4-year or above	17,763
United States Sports University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	367

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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