Wages by Occupation in Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 152,620 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $38,960 for all occupations combined. 335 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	980	$66,010	$74,920	6.41	0.69
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	80	$57,550	$54,000	0.54	2.23
Advertising Sales Agents	40	$29,640	$38,360	0.24	0.40
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	70	$66,150	$64,670	0.43	0.48
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	30	$42,800	$40,860	0.20	2.45
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	360	$22,040	$23,730	2.35	0.92
Animal Caretakers	150	$26,760	$28,540	0.99	0.58
Animal Control Workers	30	$34,430	$34,730	0.23	2.94
Architectural and Civil Drafters	50	$57,450	$60,090	0.33	0.50
Architectural and Engineering Managers	160	$124,940	$135,470	1.05	0.74
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	120	$28,300	$28,470	0.81	1.24
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	130	$45,910	$47,420	0.85	0.89
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	650	$37,630	$43,770	4.25	0.94
Bakers	80	$30,060	$30,180	0.54	0.36
Bartenders	330	$27,440	$31,970	2.19	0.45
Bill and Account Collectors	80	$37,680	$39,380	0.51	0.50
Billing and Posting Clerks	180	$38,100	$41,930	1.18	0.45
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$64,000	$68,370	0.20	0.64
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,270	$40,630	$41,810	8.34	0.94
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	550	$49,140	$52,240	3.62	1.94
Bus Drivers, School	1,440	$17,320	$17,800	9.46	3.65
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	100	$71,580	$77,930	0.67	0.10
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$63,410	$65,340	0.43	0.82
Butchers and Meat Cutters	210	$33,590	$33,210	1.36	1.56
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	560	$64,350	$68,800	3.69	1.17
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	480	$36,300	$38,170	3.16	6.38
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$61,190	$70,930	0.43	3.99
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$61,970	$62,880	0.80	1.09
Carpenters	370	$45,440	$45,280	2.40	0.56
Cashiers	3,900	$27,030	$26,190	25.54	1.29
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	100	$45,760	$45,410	0.67	0.51
Chefs and Head Cooks	100	$60,110	$63,460	0.66	0.51
Chemical Engineers	40	$93,330	$99,570	0.25	1.87
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	290	$69,590	$66,220	1.90	2.11
Chemical Technicians	100	$59,850	$57,820	0.69	1.86
Chief Executives	70	$160,290	$163,800	0.43	0.33
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	340	$45,550	$51,550	2.22	0.88
Childcare Workers	520	$25,870	$27,300	3.40	1.02
Chiropractors	30	$100,620	$104,280	0.21	0.84
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	120	$55,360	$56,810	0.78	1.77
Civil Engineers	250	$91,300	$94,430	1.63	0.69
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	140	$83,880	$84,130	0.89	0.42
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	600	$34,320	$33,640	3.91	1.60
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	30	$32,370	$33,580	0.23	2.40
Clergy	60	$49,880	$53,400	0.39	1.05
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	310	$47,480	$50,450	2.02	0.94
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	810	$40,590	$43,790	5.33	5.22
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	30	$44,630	$42,160	0.23	1.34
Compliance Officers	230	$65,750	$68,550	1.54	0.57
Computer and Information Systems Managers	170	$130,150	$133,020	1.12	0.26
Computer Network Architects	60	$113,990	$115,510	0.37	0.32
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	360	$49,330	$50,320	2.34	2.15
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	30	$55,820	$59,110	0.22	1.18
Computer Systems Analysts	100	$93,950	$97,700	0.68	0.20
Computer User Support Specialists	340	$45,980	$47,340	2.23	0.48
Construction and Building Inspectors	50	$50,230	$54,090	0.35	0.38
Construction Laborers	1,050	$31,490	$34,420	6.85	0.97
Construction Managers	340	$94,190	$101,560	2.25	0.92
Cooks, Fast Food	2,220	$27,130	$26,560	14.55	3.53
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	740	$26,090	$26,430	4.85	1.71
Cooks, Restaurant	940	$30,490	$31,630	6.18	0.68
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	80	$33,280	$38,870	0.55	12.49
Correctional Officers and Jailers	500	$34,740	$44,450	3.30	1.35
Cost Estimators	160	$71,850	$69,220	1.07	0.74
Counter and Rental Clerks	—	$29,740	$31,650	—	—
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	30	$58,100	$62,910	0.21	2.49
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	210	$37,160	$37,870	1.37	1.18
Crane and Tower Operators	60	$62,400	$58,150	0.41	1.50
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$54,740	$53,160	0.93	5.55
Customer Service Representatives	1,450	$39,250	$41,420	9.53	0.57
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$45,100	$44,110	0.65	2.24
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	990	$41,580	$41,700	6.50	5.91
Data Entry Keyers	60	$33,280	$33,930	0.41	0.51
Dental Assistants	190	$36,470	$39,160	1.25	0.50
Dental Hygienists	190	$61,980	$60,810	1.27	0.89
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	140	$50,420	$55,450	0.89	1.20
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	80	$64,900	$65,580	0.55	0.94
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	150	$22,370	$23,130	1.00	0.29
Dishwashers	180	$28,330	$27,430	1.20	0.39
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	110	$50,390	$51,570	0.72	0.55
Driver/Sales Workers	330	$30,330	$36,980	2.14	0.81
Education Administrators, All Other	—	$98,560	$88,500	—	—
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	280	$95,060	$95,220	1.81	0.86
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	90	$79,650	$92,160	0.59	0.51
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	60	$34,900	$42,740	0.41	0.87
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	300	$60,980	$62,810	1.99	0.87
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$63,790	$69,790	0.45	0.73
Electrical Engineers	100	$104,110	$107,840	0.66	0.52
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	270	$91,060	$80,240	1.78	2.11
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	590	$37,850	$37,760	3.89	2.45
Electricians	480	$48,970	$53,260	3.12	0.64
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	—	$61,470	$58,720	—	—
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	150	$52,750	$49,150	1.01	1.01
Emergency Medical Technicians	230	$35,930	$37,950	1.52	1.31
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$63,550	$64,990	0.34	0.90
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	120	$51,150	$50,490	0.76	3.41
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	120	$58,550	$63,760	0.75	0.25
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	110	$36,250	$36,840	0.71	0.34
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	160	$47,690	$53,220	1.08	2.76
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	250	$44,830	$48,520	1.64	19.80
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$35,300	$36,000	0.85	2.25
Facilities Managers	60	$125,260	$126,680	0.36	0.36
Family Medicine Physicians	70	$174,940	$190,670	0.45	0.65
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	70	$46,650	$49,520	0.43	1.77
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	230	$36,440	$37,070	1.51	7.14
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,740	$22,510	$23,900	17.94	0.72
Financial and Investment Analysts	110	$89,060	$92,560	0.72	0.31
Financial Managers	260	$119,260	$139,820	1.72	0.32
Firefighters	330	$39,020	$40,350	2.18	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	670	$60,310	$66,580	4.37	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	50	$59,470	$61,470	0.30	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	150	$39,660	$42,240	0.98	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	70	$61,090	$69,870	0.46	2.57
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	80	$69,440	$65,070	0.53	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,250	$35,830	$38,610	8.17	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	130	$39,310	$43,900	0.86	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	130	$47,920	$53,500	0.86	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	980	$72,510	$75,010	6.41	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	100	$65,870	$69,520	0.64	0.47
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,020	$52,750	$58,140	6.69	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	90	$34,440	$41,700	0.56	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	180	$59,160	$64,180	1.19	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	3,000	$72,670	$71,710	19.67	4.54
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,130	$37,850	$45,710	13.98	1.94
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	970	$57,760	$59,650	6.35	1.58
Floral Designers	40	$29,500	$29,370	0.26	0.99
Food Batchmakers	270	$36,180	$37,660	1.78	1.59
Food Preparation Workers	1,110	$23,450	$25,600	7.28	1.27
Food Processing Workers, All Other	150	$36,680	$37,350	0.97	2.31
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	260	$27,590	$25,200	1.72	0.91
Food Service Managers	240	$58,170	$65,010	1.57	1.02
Forest and Conservation Technicians	40	$59,560	$60,680	0.27	1.37
Funeral Attendants	70	$28,740	$28,720	0.47	2.37
Funeral Home Managers	50	$60,010	$64,360	0.36	4.01
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	90	$55,740	$55,320	0.59	6.39
General and Operations Managers	1,730	$98,640	$118,990	11.31	0.50
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	230	$35,950	$34,470	1.48	9.15
Graphic Designers	90	$46,640	$50,340	0.57	0.45
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	70	$29,030	$31,650	0.44	6.47
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	250	$41,080	$39,970	1.65	3.82
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	90	$30,530	$34,830	0.58	0.29
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	70	$37,900	$40,920	0.48	0.41
Healthcare Social Workers	260	$61,310	$60,140	1.68	1.39
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	360	$48,150	$48,980	2.38	0.90
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,050	$49,190	$54,280	19.99	1.51
Helpers--Carpenters	40	$37,690	$37,870	0.25	1.80
Helpers--Electricians	100	$35,470	$35,990	0.68	1.66
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	150	$33,520	$32,400	0.96	1.56
Helpers--Production Workers	740	$35,650	$36,720	4.88	4.58
Highway Maintenance Workers	420	$35,280	$35,920	2.76	2.77
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,350	$27,730	$26,480	8.82	0.32
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	290	$23,630	$25,940	1.93	0.69
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	200	$26,890	$26,160	1.31	0.78
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	60	$34,840	$36,700	0.39	0.68
Human Resources Managers	110	$94,560	$107,920	0.75	0.53
Human Resources Specialists	590	$59,190	$64,170	3.86	0.66
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	90	$51,460	$56,360	0.59	1.22
Industrial Engineers	820	$92,320	$93,890	5.38	2.29
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2,320	$57,920	$59,420	15.21	5.38
Industrial Production Managers	380	$106,430	$120,180	2.49	1.57
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,380	$38,250	$41,000	9.04	1.82
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	40	$41,930	$43,980	0.23	0.27
Information Security Analysts	110	$87,930	$98,310	0.69	0.56
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2,080	$36,830	$37,500	13.60	3.54
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$43,520	$45,890	0.42	0.37
Instructional Coordinators	60	$62,470	$68,090	0.40	0.27
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	40	$37,250	$37,120	0.24	0.17
Insurance Sales Agents	270	$89,800	$109,510	1.79	0.58
Interpreters and Translators	30	$65,550	$64,420	0.20	0.59
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	240	$30,520	$32,510	1.54	1.62
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,620	$28,950	$30,080	10.61	0.75
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$50,530	$61,640	0.38	2.45
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	—	$61,700	$57,760	—	—
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,530	$33,180	$34,820	23.10	1.22
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,010	$31,460	$32,470	6.65	1.09
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	110	$27,130	$26,590	0.75	0.59
Lawyers	240	$96,720	$111,340	1.59	0.33
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	100	$38,270	$43,450	0.68	0.68
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	200	$63,480	$58,230	1.34	1.56
Library Assistants, Clerical	100	$25,630	$26,450	0.66	1.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,000	$56,710	$54,960	6.55	1.57
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	90	$23,090	$23,400	0.60	0.59
Light Truck Drivers	800	$35,570	$38,920	5.27	0.83
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	120	$39,520	$41,640	0.78	0.74
Loan Officers	310	$62,650	$73,640	2.05	1.16
Logging Equipment Operators	190	$49,110	$48,720	1.24	9.17
Logisticians	140	$76,730	$76,240	0.94	0.58
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	500	$38,810	$37,540	3.25	11.93
Machinists	430	$51,110	$52,370	2.81	1.52
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	570	$26,980	$26,260	3.71	0.67
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,470	$43,470	$44,680	9.63	0.98
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	60	$62,510	$64,270	0.37	0.96
Management Analysts	90	$101,680	$103,400	0.58	0.10
Managers, All Other	60	$91,650	$116,510	0.42	0.11
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	360	$54,460	$61,230	2.33	0.40
Marketing Managers	40	$114,410	$122,590	0.26	0.10
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$64,200	$67,100	0.34	1.11
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	3,460	$35,000	$32,340	22.67	24.20
Mechanical Drafters	60	$45,160	$47,310	0.40	1.56
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$62,990	$61,660	0.27	1.15
Mechanical Engineers	410	$98,690	$97,040	2.65	1.39
Medical and Health Services Managers	560	$86,920	$92,750	3.65	0.95
Medical Assistants	730	$34,580	$34,440	4.77	0.91
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$55,330	$59,060	0.36	0.84
Medical Records Specialists	120	$38,540	$41,550	0.82	0.65
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,180	$34,690	$35,720	7.71	1.25
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	50	$41,050	$56,940	0.34	0.37
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	150	$37,750	$40,060	1.01	0.95
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	80	$47,370	$47,280	0.52	4.86
Meter Readers, Utilities	50	$39,460	$48,000	0.36	2.87
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,050	$61,030	$59,070	6.86	1.72
Millwrights	120	$64,530	$65,230	0.78	3.02
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	8,370	$45,040	$49,490	54.82	6.07
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	420	$40,880	$45,250	2.76	4.52
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	180	$60,900	$57,440	1.16	1.02
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	60	$51,340	$47,960	0.41	1.90
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	800	$34,390	$35,350	5.23	5.41
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	50	$47,200	$47,620	0.32	1.99
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	90	$39,970	$43,170	0.56	3.78
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	270	$76,740	$83,290	1.80	0.89
Nurse Anesthetists	30	$178,290	$193,440	0.22	0.67
Nurse Practitioners	350	$107,650	$110,640	2.27	1.09
Nursing Assistants	2,510	$33,200	$32,610	16.43	1.76
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$68,970	$70,290	0.36	0.73
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	150	$78,590	$80,880	0.99	1.09
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	50	$50,000	$58,250	0.35	1.81
Occupational Therapists	90	$85,130	$92,650	0.60	0.58
Occupational Therapy Assistants	70	$59,300	$62,310	0.44	1.33
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	40	$61,210	$52,320	0.23	0.19
Office Clerks, General	820	$28,580	$30,010	5.39	0.34
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	740	$44,460	$45,970	4.86	1.58
Opticians, Dispensing	70	$36,520	$38,200	0.43	0.91
Optometrists	30	$114,360	$105,980	0.20	0.75
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	310	$35,010	$36,600	2.01	0.82
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1,520	$32,070	$30,010	9.94	2.76
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	30	$38,520	$39,710	0.21	0.14
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	460	$48,880	$51,230	3.01	4.87
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	110	$44,660	$46,710	0.75	0.30
Paramedics	210	$45,300	$49,050	1.36	2.10
Parts Salespersons	450	$30,430	$34,490	2.98	1.71
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	70	$37,400	$41,260	0.44	1.62
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	80	$43,970	$45,100	0.53	0.54
Pest Control Workers	180	$37,530	$39,260	1.20	1.82
Pharmacists	370	$131,380	$131,340	2.40	1.16
Pharmacy Aides	30	$34,650	$35,160	0.21	0.84
Pharmacy Technicians	610	$38,600	$40,630	4.02	1.32
Phlebotomists	70	$36,800	$37,220	0.48	0.52
Physical Therapist Assistants	170	$61,280	$64,420	1.15	1.58
Physical Therapists	190	$96,530	$97,020	1.23	0.72
Physicians, All Other	120	$303,740	$263,280	0.80	0.36
Pipelayers	70	$37,290	$38,100	0.43	2.03
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	350	$57,220	$55,390	2.30	0.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	950	$43,580	$44,810	6.22	1.44
Postal Service Clerks	130	$62,130	$60,370	0.87	1.84
Postal Service Mail Carriers	570	$55,930	$59,330	3.73	1.77
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$95,530	$96,190	0.27	3.03
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	420	$26,640	$26,490	2.76	0.90
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	120	$33,240	$35,300	0.82	3.83
Printing Press Operators	360	$36,080	$36,950	2.36	2.55
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	90	$64,140	$61,900	0.59	1.03
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	240	$45,180	$48,360	1.56	0.62
Project Management Specialists	60	$94,730	$101,220	0.41	0.06
Property Appraisers and Assessors	40	$71,140	$66,690	0.29	0.79
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	220	$54,250	$56,720	1.46	0.73
Public Relations Specialists	70	$55,640	$63,490	0.44	0.24
Public Safety Telecommunicators	200	$34,340	$35,610	1.30	1.97
Purchasing Managers	80	$104,310	$112,570	0.50	0.92
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	210	$60,260	$58,250	1.38	0.93
Rail Car Repairers	70	$38,810	$41,920	0.49	3.55
Real Estate Sales Agents	70	$25,940	$53,990	0.45	0.36
Receptionists and Information Clerks	560	$30,420	$30,840	3.65	0.62
Recreation Workers	470	$22,950	$26,800	3.10	1.45
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	210	$43,550	$44,290	1.40	1.48
Registered Nurses	2,520	$73,410	$71,070	16.51	0.76
Rehabilitation Counselors	30	$46,230	$46,290	0.20	0.33
Residential Advisors	190	$27,620	$27,240	1.26	2.31
Respiratory Therapists	130	$61,690	$64,290	0.88	0.97
Retail Salespersons	3,980	$28,590	$32,050	26.06	1.04
Riggers	90	$42,020	$44,320	0.60	4.16
Sales Managers	130	$117,680	$131,080	0.87	0.21
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	460	$49,230	$60,760	3.03	0.37
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	990	$63,440	$74,360	6.50	0.82
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	100	$79,800	$85,240	0.67	0.37
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	220	$36,760	$38,050	1.44	5.49
School Psychologists	60	$73,820	$76,340	0.42	1.03
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,180	$62,440	$60,750	7.75	1.13
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,870	$39,000	$40,900	18.78	1.71
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	—	$45,650	$63,120	—	—
Security Guards	440	$29,970	$31,340	2.85	0.35
Self-Enrichment Teachers	50	$30,310	$35,680	0.35	0.17
Sewing Machine Operators	570	$29,920	$28,850	3.73	5.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	750	$39,140	$40,580	4.93	0.94
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	100	$28,530	$27,780	0.68	0.43
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	60	$37,990	$38,440	0.37	0.82
Social and Community Service Managers	100	$70,850	$75,810	0.65	0.48
Social and Human Service Assistants	190	$32,380	$34,120	1.25	0.44
Software Developers	280	$108,230	$118,250	1.80	0.17
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	130	$68,400	$68,560	0.84	0.50
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	60	$64,730	$67,760	0.40	0.38
Speech-Language Pathologists	180	$72,760	$72,610	1.17	0.99
Stockers and Order Fillers	4,170	$33,330	$34,820	27.29	1.50
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	100	$41,620	$41,920	0.64	1.46
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	120	$44,350	$45,160	0.80	2.39
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	190	$44,460	$46,470	1.23	0.39
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	520	$17,510	$21,610	3.38	1.00
Surgical Assistants	40	$41,750	$43,080	0.23	1.64
Surgical Technologists	60	$44,210	$44,780	0.39	0.51
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	80	$41,830	$46,360	0.56	1.49
Surveyors	30	$60,740	$63,070	0.20	0.61
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	120	$36,850	$42,820	0.80	2.20
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	200	$57,740	$58,480	1.30	1.78
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	840	$22,470	$24,350	5.52	0.60
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	50	$19,140	$28,470	0.32	0.31
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	110	$63,020	$63,160	0.75	1.20
Tellers	500	$35,870	$35,890	3.27	1.54
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	50	$33,190	$34,810	0.36	10.50
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$34,250	$34,600	0.45	7.71
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	350	$37,100	$34,860	2.30	27.41
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	280	$35,690	$35,450	1.81	12.81
Tire Repairers and Changers	150	$33,520	$33,140	0.98	1.41
Tool and Die Makers	120	$61,740	$63,500	0.77	2.10
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	40	$34,330	$35,190	0.25	7.04
Tour and Travel Guides	30	$28,320	$27,140	0.22	0.64
Training and Development Specialists	180	$45,850	$51,630	1.18	0.40
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	60	$116,620	$125,060	0.40	0.28
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	100	$43,630	$44,920	0.68	1.91
Tutors	40	$35,010	$33,580	0.26	0.23
Veterinarians	70	$101,440	$110,160	0.45	0.84
Waiters and Waitresses	1,530	$22,950	$25,310	10.03	0.69
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	350	$51,370	$56,290	2.29	2.77
Web Developers	30	$57,720	$59,020	0.21	0.46
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	70	$34,100	$38,590	0.49	1.43
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,930	$48,480	$48,540	12.62	4.71
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	260	$38,950	$40,230	1.69	8.33
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	430	$35,320	$36,120	2.81	7.13

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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