Anniston-Oxford, AL

186 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 11500.

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

Occupation	Employment
Retail Salespersons	1,530
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,450
Cashiers	1,290
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,080
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,060
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	990
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	900
Cooks, Fast Food	820
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	800
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	670
Nursing Assistants	660
Waiters and Waitresses	600
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	590
General and Operations Managers	550
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	520
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	510
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	470
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	460
Helpers--Production Workers	460

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.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	47.87	170
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	10.21	510
Helpers--Production Workers	9.83	460
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.83	250
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.69	110
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.77	210
Sewing Machine Operators	4.74	140
Cooks, Fast Food	4.59	820
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	3.86	180
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.73	460
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	3.67	1,450
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.67	430
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	3.40	170
Machinists	2.93	240
Bus Drivers, School	2.30	260
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.26	230
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.05	340
Firefighters	2.01	200
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.99	380
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations)	1.95	180

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$149,360
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$142,230
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$131,420
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,920
Pharmacists	$126,760
Sales Managers	$117,810
Lawyers	$113,210
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$111,170
Electrical Engineers	$102,450
Nurse Practitioners	$101,220
Software Developers	$99,260
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$99,150
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$98,840
General and Operations Managers	$98,540
Physical Therapists	$98,520
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$98,130
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$97,290
Management Analysts	$92,500
Education Administrators, All Other	$85,480
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$85,200

All 186 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$66,260	0.83
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$23,700	0.78
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$142,230	0.64
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$46,860	1.14
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	200	$44,590	1.03
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$28,760	1.99
Bartenders `35-3011`	120	$25,760	0.58
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	50	$38,650	0.41
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	330	$41,750	0.87
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	260	$16,570	2.30
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$49,550	1.15
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	390	$84,640	1.26
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$34,900	1.45
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	170	$64,300	1.21
Carpenters `47-2031`	70	$49,070	0.37
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,290	$27,130	1.49
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	90	$45,920	0.78
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	140	$20,730	0.94
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$97,290	0.42
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	180	$26,650	1.67
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	180	$41,380	1.95
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	80	$51,170	1.17
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	210	$50,410	4.77
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$54,600	0.43
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	180	$55,440	3.86
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	80	$49,630	0.38
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$111,170	0.26
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	240	$33,970	0.77
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$84,120	0.98
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	50	$64,400	3.43
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	820	$26,410	4.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	210	$23,960	1.70
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	390	$29,850	0.98
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	80	$34,280	0.77
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$68,080	0.82
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	110	$32,290	1.00
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$37,060	1.29
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	40	$56,010	3.44
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	430	$36,190	0.59
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	90	$39,720	1.89
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	80	$37,060	0.74
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$56,950	1.10
Dentists, General `29-1021`	30	Not available	0.89
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$61,140	1.08
Dishwashers `35-9021`	90	$28,400	0.71
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$51,580	0.56
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	100	$39,190	0.90
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	Not available	$85,480
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$83,320	0.90
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$53,840	1.25
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$102,450	0.64
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	60	$98,840	1.52
Electricians `47-2111`	170	$54,200	0.78
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	670	$61,200	1.72
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$49,000	1.11
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	90	$33,150	1.73
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters `47-5032`	50	$62,070	35.01
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,080	$22,650	1.00
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	70	$126,920	0.31
Firefighters `33-2011`	200	$39,940	2.01
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	200	$58,960	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$51,620	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	30	$73,340	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	470	$35,510	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$36,650	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	290	$77,130	1.66
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$78,980	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	340	$54,660	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$73,600	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	380	$74,650	1.99
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	590	$44,350	1.86
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	280	$57,080	1.60
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	430	$27,230	1.73
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$26,780	0.81
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	100	$58,910	1.47
Foundry Mold and Coremakers `51-4071`	170	$50,420	47.87
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	550	$98,540	0.56
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$44,480	0.70
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	110	$39,080	5.69
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$58,030	1.12
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$47,780	1.12
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	680	$50,550	1.17
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$30,460	1.24
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	460	$29,340	9.83
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$35,610	0.84
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	230	$27,680	0.19
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$27,180	1.15
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	190	$66,060	0.75
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	230	$85,200	2.26
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	460	$60,640	3.73
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	90	$131,420	1.25
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	190	$39,870	0.89
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	340	$48,970	2.05
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	170	$58,610	3.40
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$61,780	0.76
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$76,200	0.68
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	60	$29,570	1.49
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	520	$29,530	0.84
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	800	$38,710	0.97
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	210	$29,180	0.80
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	30	$25,780	0.59
Lawyers `23-1011`	60	$113,210	0.30
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$65,540	1.45
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$27,230	1.83
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	230	$57,090	1.27
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	320	$36,190	1.16
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$34,470	1.07
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$61,740	1.28
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	40	$45,150	7.61
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	90	$73,110	1.22
Machinists `51-4041`	240	$61,480	2.93
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	190	$25,740	0.80
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	290	$38,350	0.67
Management Analysts `13-1111`	70	$92,500	0.29
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$54,570	0.55
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	60	$99,150	0.78
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	320	$34,900	1.39
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$41,110	1.08
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	350	$35,170	1.28
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	160	$83,860	0.93
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders `51-4051`	70	$50,420	15.80
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,450	$46,070	3.67
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	510	$61,480	10.21
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	250	$35,220	5.83
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$78,690	0.68
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	100	$101,220	1.09
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	660	$31,920	1.62
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$77,740	1.64
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	240	$29,440	0.35
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	240	$42,020	1.83
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$26,190	0.61
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$61,480	1.04
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$39,270	0.81
Paramedics `29-2043`	80	$44,860	2.95
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	130	$35,480	1.75
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$126,760	1.12
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	190	$37,040	1.42
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$61,910	1.45
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$98,520	0.70
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$98,130	0.69
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$149,360	0.61
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$56,850	1.02
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	320	$44,890	1.71
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	150	$55,930	1.64
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	150	$27,780	1.08
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	50	$41,870	0.72
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	190	$55,580	1.72
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	40	$52,010	0.41
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$48,500	0.49
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	70	$38,420	2.51
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$57,190	1.03
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	190	$31,900	0.73
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	90	$30,010	0.96
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$46,770	1.30
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	990	$72,730	1.04
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	30	$31,040	1.27
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$66,740	1.50
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,530	$29,400	1.40
Sales Managers `11-2022`	70	$117,810	0.39
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	150	$47,170	0.43
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	370	$62,710	1.08
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	370	$63,110	1.25
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	900	$39,800	1.88
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	$45,990	0.50
Security Guards `33-9032`	290	$30,760	0.80
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	30	$26,740	0.37
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	140	$31,890	4.74
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	180	$38,450	0.78
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$30,230	0.46
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$65,250	0.65
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	70	$34,960	0.54
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$99,260	0.18
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	40	$64,010	0.52
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	30	$69,860	0.61
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,060	$29,810	1.33
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	100	$46,690	0.73
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	50	$42,720	1.60
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	40	$38,210	2.54
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	40	$66,230	1.41
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	260	$22,230	0.66
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	80	$59,730	2.02
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$35,220	1.58
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$63,150	0.55
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	600	$24,640	0.95
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$48,130	1.38
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	430	$59,820	3.67