JobAfterNext

Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area

256 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 0100003.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$256,820
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$159,670
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$156,570
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$147,710
Pharmacists$136,150
Chemical Engineers$132,970
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$132,640
Sales Managers$129,690
Computer and Information Systems Managers$128,710
Electrical Engineers$123,560
Purchasing Managers$121,890
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$119,220
Software Developers$117,470
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)$113,700
Environmental Engineers$113,290
Human Resources Managers$108,360
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations)$107,280
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)$107,240
Chemists$104,620
Nurse Practitioners$103,910
All 256 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011520$65,1000.86
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209140$27,9203.66
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091290$28,8301.75
Animal Caretakers 39-202150$21,9500.43
Animal Control Workers 33-901130$30,8106.09
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$156,5700.53
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302150$51,5600.74
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023260$39,3500.89
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603170$28,4501.66
Bartenders 35-3011120$23,1600.37
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-302170$40,1800.43
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031640$39,6501.12
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051620$17,0703.68
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031210$48,6701.79
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-119940$63,2700.09
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302190$31,2901.65
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020250$76,3801.24
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194120$60,1102.48
Carpenters 47-2031130$41,2100.47
Cashiers 41-20111,760$25,7101.37
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205150$40,1000.54
Chemical Engineers 17-204150$132,9705.17
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9011340$80,4005.78
Chemical Technicians 19-4031100$64,1404.24
Chemists 19-203130$104,6200.94
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101140$159,6700.52
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021150$46,0700.93
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011200$22,1900.91
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302280$51,4902.67
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205190$93,0800.60
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103130$84,3000.24
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061220$30,5401.39
Clergy 21-201130$49,8001.36
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010180$52,0201.29
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022120Not available1.15
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124110$49,8301.66
Commercial Pilots 53-201240$92,3202.27
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-104190$49,4600.51
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124140$98,4000.49
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121150$107,2400.23
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232330$37,3901.11
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302170$128,7100.24
Construction Laborers 47-2061510$34,6701.13
Construction Managers 11-9021190$90,2001.18
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011820$24,0503.07
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012390$23,0002.13
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014350$30,7600.59
Cooks, Short Order 35-2015Not available$20,620
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012370$52,7502.33
Cost Estimators 13-105150$71,1000.53
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021140$34,1100.82
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-403190$38,5601.16
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021110$77,09010.23
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051640$37,3000.59
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903270$46,7003.94
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031160$56,6702.22
Dental Assistants 31-909180$34,7900.48
Dental Hygienists 29-129280$56,0700.90
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302150$56,0901.10
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203240$62,4401.11
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-901140$18,0600.20
Dishwashers 35-902170$24,0500.33
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503260$50,9200.73
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031210$30,8801.23
Education Administrators, All Other 11-9039Not available$90,980
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032160$81,7101.17
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033120$77,9201.60
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-108140$65,2601.66
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012220$58,3101.48
Electrical Engineers 17-207180$123,5600.93
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051190$82,1203.55
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-2094100$89,8003.87
Electricians 47-2111330$68,2101.04
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021Not available$61,160
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061120$49,0001.92
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204290$38,4901.17
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112340$63,3901.49
Environmental Engineers 17-208140$113,2902.57
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204130$80,1100.81
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502230$39,0002.27
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-601170$58,9500.39
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903150$36,8900.40
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041120$41,0204.82
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$147,7100.80
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304140$55,6802.46
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209230$30,2100.31
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209370$29,7205.04
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-3023920$22,5800.58
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031140$119,2200.41
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$84,4600.38
Firefighters 33-2011210$36,6901.49
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011340$61,5701.00
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-101140$88,5101.64
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101450$37,3401.09
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-1011100$60,7708.80
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102150$59,4501.21
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012500$34,5100.98
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-101340Not available4.10
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011100$45,4601.35
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101250$56,3000.90
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011570$82,6902.22
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101270$71,8600.77
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011540$52,9100.90
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102240$33,7400.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101290$57,0901.39
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-10111,270$82,9704.56
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011980$36,6202.11
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109140$44,8901.15
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047360$60,2301.39
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021460$25,7101.25
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041110$27,5900.90
Food Service Managers 11-9051130$57,0201.34
Foresters 19-103240$78,1108.75
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 51-9051180$54,20031.06
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 33-903140$36,97010.65
Gas Plant Operators 51-809230$73,3904.28
General and Operations Managers 11-1021810$98,4100.56
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209970$37,7300.89
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022150$48,3201.98
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021160$48,4000.97
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,680$49,6501.96
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909880$31,2202.14
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198400$41,2305.84
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051300$36,5404.69
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120850$27,2200.47
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081190$26,7801.73
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416130$34,4600.83
Human Resources Managers 11-312150$108,3600.56
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071270$60,6600.71
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302650Not available1.71
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112340$113,7002.26
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-90411,320$82,1907.23
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051150$132,6401.49
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051470$47,6701.47
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061310$37,3001.24
Instructional Coordinators 25-903150$62,2500.58
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021210$59,6801.04
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111120$27,8901.89
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011830$28,2800.91
Labor Relations Specialists 13-107540$36,4301.52
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062930$31,9800.76
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011670$38,1201.69
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011130$27,0901.57
Lawyers 23-1011120$99,4400.37
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601250Not available0.74
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022100$61,7001.82
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412150$25,7701.54
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061530$50,7201.95
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033350$37,6300.86
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413160$38,6200.93
Loan Officers 13-2072180$61,4901.56
Logging Equipment Operators 45-4022620$48,26071.15
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108190$78,5400.83
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-7063220$37,08012.31
Machinists 51-404170$48,1000.61
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012370$26,3801.05
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071560$40,2800.88
Management Analysts 13-111130$101,3400.09
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919940$79,7100.15
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161130$51,9900.34
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-102240$74,6001.80
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-302260$31,2201.04
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214180$97,6900.63
Medical Assistants 31-9092260$33,6300.78
Medical Records Specialists 29-207260$39,1500.73
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013450$34,8801.14
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111290$85,0501.15
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023Not available$36,330
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102640$41,4500.60
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-504140$37,4205.11
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022350$61,6201.36
Millwrights 49-9044140$62,5208.18
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20901,040$31,2201.78
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023200$56,5004.98
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042160$60,5102.13
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072160$34,8102.54
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244110$72,8100.83
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171140$103,9101.06
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,100$29,6801.83
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107260$76,4701.93
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011100$89,5401.66
Office Clerks, General 43-9061450$28,5800.44
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073410$44,1202.06
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208130$35,6501.04
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111170$27,6201.10
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064130$32,0600.57
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214130$45,5900.34
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-91961,350$61,46033.93
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011120$38,5900.74
Paramedics 29-204360$58,3901.39
Parts Salespersons 41-2022210$29,8001.83
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305140$45,4300.55
Pharmacists 29-1051130$136,1500.96
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052230$37,7101.20
Phlebotomists 31-909760$29,8501.04
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202170$58,4001.43
Physical Therapists 29-112360$89,7600.53
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122960$256,8200.41
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152140$57,8900.73
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051630$45,9102.25
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051110$58,6803.46
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052250$53,2901.83
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) 51-8013Not available$107,280
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011360$28,8201.79
Printing Press Operators 51-511240$47,7300.70
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-1092100$44,9702.65
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506150$53,6300.30
Project Management Specialists 13-108250$91,0000.12
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914160$58,3300.46
Public Relations Specialists 27-303140$53,7100.36
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031110$36,4702.69
Purchasing Managers 11-306150$121,8901.29
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-203490$60,2800.96
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171210$29,6400.56
Recreation Workers 39-9032190$23,4001.35
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081120$37,9201.99
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,060$67,2800.75
Residential Advisors 39-9041120$27,6203.44
Respiratory Therapists 29-112660$60,6100.97
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,340$28,7100.83
Sales Managers 11-202260$129,6900.22
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091180$46,5700.34
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012400$65,6800.79
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401140$96,8700.38
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041270$44,18016.04
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031730$60,0901.65
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,660$38,1202.34
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031110$49,5300.54
Security Guards 33-9032290$30,8900.55
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-501340$48,5402.26
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071170$44,0300.50
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305360$27,8300.62
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151110$67,3501.30
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-109390$32,1300.51
Software Developers 15-125250$117,4700.07
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205240$64,5800.36
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205830$64,3700.47
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112750$69,0900.64
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,310$30,2801.11
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018160$44,6100.78
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031150$26,5900.67
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 13-208140$36,2801.74
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309940$56,3000.94
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045410$23,0900.70
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 25-904480$20,9701.19
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202260$56,0900.94
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$54,3201.08
Tellers 43-3071330$36,8502.42
Training and Development Specialists 13-115170$49,4600.35
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307140$99,8500.46
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205630$35,7000.65
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031440$21,1600.46
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031180$48,9503.31
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511130$36,7801.39
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121210$49,0801.24
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042330$41,95012.94