Decatur, AL

243 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 19460.

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
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,830
Retail Salespersons	1,580
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,420
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,280
Cashiers	1,260
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,260
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,200
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,140
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,090
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,080
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	960
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	950
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	950
Cooks, Fast Food	920
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	870
General and Operations Managers	850
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	760
Customer Service Representatives	710
Construction Laborers	690
Waiters and Waitresses	670

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
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	15.18	870
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	13.77	760
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	8.02	190
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	7.22	120
Chemical Technicians	6.18	140
Crane and Tower Operators	6.07	100
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	5.47	950
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	4.83	100
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.77	320
Helpers--Electricians	3.84	100
Aerospace Engineers	3.80	100
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations)	3.74	360
Helpers--Production Workers	3.73	240
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.66	220
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	3.65	530
Cooks, Fast Food	3.65	920
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	3.57	950
Residential Advisors	3.48	120
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	3.30	1,830
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.23	530

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$351,790
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$165,480
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$150,030
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$142,940
Lawyers	$139,010
Aerospace Engineers	$138,460
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$135,870
Materials Engineers	$134,370
Sales Managers	$133,480
Pharmacists	$133,410
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$132,570
Purchasing Managers	$132,320
Information Security Analysts	$130,400
Environmental Engineers	$129,290
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,880
Marketing Managers	$128,500
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations)	$125,940
Electrical Engineers	$124,440
Human Resources Managers	$123,160
Family Medicine Physicians	$118,450

All 243 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	530	$72,030	0.93
Aerospace Engineers `17-2011`	100	$138,460	3.80
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	90	$28,650	0.82
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	160	$165,480	1.87
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$47,360	0.79
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	290	$45,740	1.06
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$28,880	1.32
Bartenders `35-3011`	100	$30,540	0.33
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	80	$42,180	1.27
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	80	$45,120	0.51
Boilermakers `47-2011`	30	$64,060	8.45
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	580	$46,060	1.08
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	320	$17,720	1.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	150	$52,250	1.35
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	80	$92,290	0.20
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$36,780	0.91
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	230	$67,710	1.21
Carpenters `47-2031`	190	$50,950	0.72
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,260	$28,880	1.03
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	60	$45,790	0.77
Chemical Engineers `17-2041`	60	$109,160	7.25
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	760	$82,170	13.77
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	140	$64,840	6.18
Chemists `19-2031`	60	$109,110	1.78
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	100	$48,980	0.64
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	100	$22,170	0.50
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	50	$55,360	1.72
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	180	$103,490	1.23
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$77,000	0.27
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	290	$37,680	1.91
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	90	$47,530	0.65
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	190	$45,210	3.08
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$72,550	0.51
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	60	$132,570	0.84
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	190	$58,270	2.82
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$99,740	0.39
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$59,680	0.37
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	130	$135,870	0.47
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	30	$39,010	1.22
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	690	$37,680	1.60
Construction Managers `11-9021`	290	$96,790	1.95
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$58,440	0.69
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	920	$28,480	3.65
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	220	$23,650	1.26
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$32,410	0.69
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	170	$38,770	1.17
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	110	$73,650	1.23
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	210	$35,190	1.31
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$39,360	0.84
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	100	$45,640	6.07
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	30	$59,920	3.27
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	710	$41,070	0.69
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	320	$45,350	4.77
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$36,160	0.78
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	90	$40,440	0.60
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$61,340	0.92
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	50	$23,290	0.23
Dishwashers `35-9021`	70	$29,620	0.40
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$52,310	0.47
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	110	$40,220	0.66
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	Not available	$99,900
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$97,540	0.77
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	80	$72,380	0.60
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	160	$124,440	2.07
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	120	$94,690	2.31
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$70,310	1.08
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	Not available	$62,000
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	360	$30,330	3.74
Electricians `47-2111`	480	$63,930	1.60
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	Not available	$61,090
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$54,040	1.02
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	50	$36,030	0.76
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	190	$60,220	8.02
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	50	$129,290	3.54
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$83,120	1.05
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$67,870	0.34
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	70	$43,150	2.87
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$128,880	0.60
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$118,450	0.83
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	30	$37,570	0.31
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,280	$25,720	0.84
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$142,940	0.45
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$101,560	0.28
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$43,650	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	500	$74,330	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	70	$50,230	1.70
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	540	$38,310	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$49,750	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$51,960	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	460	$82,200	1.90
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$62,040	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	510	$60,720	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$83,140	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	950	$84,270	3.57
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	660	$47,090	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	420	$62,270	1.69
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	90	$43,340	1.35
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	430	$28,180	1.23
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$29,220	0.50
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	120	$61,830	1.28
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	850	$117,380	0.61
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$46,170	0.69
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$28,430	0.76
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-2111`	90	$125,940	10.97
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	80	$55,310	1.14
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	330	$48,750	2.07
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,420	$59,390	1.75
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	100	$41,430	3.84
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$37,300	1.07
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	240	$36,170	3.73
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$40,970	0.58
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,140	$27,430	0.67
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$26,630	0.86
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$28,720	0.80
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$123,160	0.57
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	260	$63,030	0.72
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	80	$58,620	2.65
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	530	$106,230	3.65
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	950	$76,990	5.47
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	240	$150,030	2.46
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	490	$44,020	1.61
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	50	$130,400	0.69
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	490	$45,240	2.10
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$38,940	0.65
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	140	Not available	0.76
Insurance Underwriters `13-2053`	Not available	$57,850
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	60	$36,210	1.09
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,080	$30,410	1.25
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,090	$36,160	0.93
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	260	$37,420	0.69
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$29,800	0.64
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$139,010	0.22
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$38,440	0.80
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$68,220	0.91
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	210	$58,010	0.83
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	260	$37,860	0.68
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	80	$38,620	1.18
Loan Officers `13-2072`	120	$69,800	1.10
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	120	$89,500	1.23
Machinists `51-4041`	290	$58,240	2.53
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	200	$28,150	0.60
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	470	$48,520	0.77
Management Analysts `13-1111`	30	$101,500	0.09
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	50	$116,730	0.19
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	180	$56,450	0.51
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$128,500	0.25
Materials Engineers `17-2131`	50	$134,370	5.83
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	870	$36,760	15.18
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	310	$115,750	2.69
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	250	$36,690	0.79
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$44,340	0.67
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	370	$37,610	0.97
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	210	$91,450	0.88
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$39,750	1.35
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	360	$61,950	1.48
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4035`	60	$36,500	12.55
Millwrights `49-9044`	60	$61,670	3.98
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,830	$43,120	3.30
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	120	$56,160	3.16
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	190	$66,200	2.69
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	220	$44,320	3.66
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	150	$51,810	3.01
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	120	$79,500	0.95
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	120	$107,760	0.90
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	500	$36,280	0.87
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	100	$78,420	1.79
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	30	$63,780	2.73
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$97,460	0.48
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	240	$29,930	0.24
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	290	$49,470	1.54
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	40	$38,820	1.51
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	190	$37,660	1.28
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	250	$36,000	1.11
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	70	$45,050	1.91
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$42,510	0.36
Paramedics `29-2043`	60	$48,540	1.40
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	150	$32,160	1.36
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$46,810	0.65
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	70	$38,760	1.77
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$133,410	0.97
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	230	$43,420	1.26
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	50	$35,720	0.84
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$62,810	1.37
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$97,600	0.50
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$351,790	0.34
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	210	$59,920	1.16
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	360	$57,120	1.35
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$63,210	1.07
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	170	$59,010	1.30
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	30	$115,920	2.70
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	80	$39,580	1.37
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	140	$57,240	0.88
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	100	$106,140	0.24
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	70	$51,080	0.57
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	180	$36,560	2.88
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$63,780	0.33
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$36,200	0.97
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	40	$132,320	1.30
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	Not available	0.44
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	250	$33,280	0.71
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$29,380	0.36
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	80	$44,020	1.41
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	960	$68,320	0.72
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	120	$30,240	3.48
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,580	$31,550	1.03
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4023`	70	$114,470	7.27
Roofers `47-2181`	30	$46,280	0.58
Sales Managers `11-2022`	110	$133,480	0.46
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	260	$49,780	0.52
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	620	$71,110	1.26
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	120	$44,360	7.22
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	420	$63,350	1.01
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,260	$43,900	1.87
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	160	$48,430	0.82
Security Guards `33-9032`	450	$38,500	0.90
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	Not available	$32,770
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$46,940	1.02
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	360	$44,980	1.12
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$31,920	0.60
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$72,970	0.78
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	120	$36,450	0.69
Software Developers `15-1252`	160	$107,740	0.24
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	50	$59,650	0.47
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$63,390	0.58
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$67,350	0.89
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,200	$32,120	1.07
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	70	$56,220	2.67
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	100	$50,040	4.83
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	200	$49,360	1.03
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	310	$17,680	1.48
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	50	$46,060	1.05
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	310	$23,210	0.55
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	120	$62,230	2.19
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	90	$62,670	2.37
Tellers `43-3071`	210	$37,120	1.64
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	30	$60,410	1.38
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	$93,230	0.59
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	30	$23,960	0.67
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$35,980	1.26
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	670	$27,010	0.75
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	90	$58,270	1.79
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	530	$56,990	3.23
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-4122`	70	$48,620	5.46