Dothan, AL

249 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 20020.

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	2,360
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,940
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,640
Cashiers	1,630
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,330
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,260
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,200
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,190
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	990
Waiters and Waitresses	960
Nursing Assistants	930
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	890
General and Operations Managers	840
Customer Service Representatives	840
Cooks, Fast Food	820
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	740
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	740
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	700
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	690
Security Guards	650

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
Agricultural Inspectors	19.37	110
Sewing Machine Operators	4.74	190
Helpers--Production Workers	4.28	280
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	4.01	110
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.51	200
Cooks, Fast Food	3.28	820
Surgical Technologists	3.05	140
Physical Therapist Assistants	2.85	130
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	2.82	180
Parts Salespersons	2.58	270
Paramedics	2.49	100
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	2.42	100
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.42	270
Psychiatric Technicians	2.31	140
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.30	150
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2.25	990
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2.17	120
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.13	540
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.13	130
Nurse Practitioners	2.05	260

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$363,120
Nurse Anesthetists	$187,980
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$174,110
Project Management Specialists	$135,260
Pharmacists	$131,230
Lawyers	$129,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$125,160
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$124,810
Personal Financial Advisors	$120,430
Training and Development Specialists	$120,020
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$116,340
Software Developers	$115,580
Human Resources Managers	$109,990
Nurse Practitioners	$105,730
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,040
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$103,890
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$102,100
Sales Managers	$101,950
Management Analysts	$100,950
Marketing Managers	$99,440

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: Radiologists. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 249 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	610	$67,330	1.08
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	30	$37,770	0.85
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	80	$36,050	7.05
Agricultural Inspectors `45-2011`	110	$31,450	19.37
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	30	$61,060	0.61
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	180	$20,800	1.15
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	150	$26,730	1.41
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$49,260	0.90
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$174,110	0.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	70	$45,780	1.22
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	300	$44,170	1.10
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	90	$27,380	2.18
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$31,440	0.64
Bartenders `35-3011`	190	$27,420	0.64
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$36,400	1.01
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	160	$35,990	1.01
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	560	$41,330	1.05
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	310	$16,970	1.99
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	30	$36,920	0.51
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	270	$50,500	2.42
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	40	$84,580	0.09
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	90	$36,690	1.70
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$59,450	0.78
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	70	$37,410	2.17
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) `43-5011`	50	$58,610	1.32
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$42,800	0.51
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,630	$27,040	1.35
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$43,810	0.85
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	30	$53,610	1.51
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	140	$45,530	0.90
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	140	$21,910	0.72
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	30	$44,940	1.13
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$92,280	0.59
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	200	$31,770	1.38
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	240	$49,360	1.82
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	60	$21,520	0.58
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	130	$39,030	2.13
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	60	$58,220	0.37
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	60	$104,040	0.89
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	70	$44,320	0.99
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$82,230	0.26
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$47,000	0.39
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$125,160	0.36
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	50	$35,830	1.77
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	600	$32,000	1.40
Construction Managers `11-9021`	180	$79,320	1.23
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$61,300	0.70
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	820	$26,020	3.28
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	180	$27,860	1.04
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	560	$29,710	1.02
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	Not available	$21,250
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	100	$45,900	0.67
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$61,400	0.94
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	230	$32,010	1.48
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$36,830	1.18
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	840	$36,180	0.83
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	150	$37,590	2.30
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$36,820	0.90
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$58,310	1.13
Dental Laboratory Technicians `51-9081`	50	$47,390	3.39
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	70	$62,620	1.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$21,600	0.53
Dishwashers `35-9021`	110	$27,560	0.59
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$45,810	0.53
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$40,940	1.01
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	Not available	$83,590
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$97,800	0.70
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	30	$36,450	1.15
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$59,070	0.72
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$99,290	0.88
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	90	$75,640	1.70
Electricians `47-2111`	280	$47,630	0.94
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	Not available	$60,950
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	70	$55,040	1.12
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	100	$32,920	1.41
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$58,740	0.26
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$31,620	0.34
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	40	$47,490	2.95
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	70	$32,970	0.70
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,200	$22,360	0.80
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$124,810	0.42
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$79,180	0.23
Firefighters `33-2011`	270	$36,610	2.00
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	330	$60,410	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	100	$39,580	2.42
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	30	$58,540	3.04
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$59,060	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	600	$35,570	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$40,060	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$47,310	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	400	$65,670	1.65
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$75,210	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	580	$56,650	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$36,300	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$64,020	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	430	$61,350	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	990	$43,410	2.25
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	420	$60,770	1.74
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	90	$44,680	1.25
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	650	$26,580	1.87
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	180	$26,000	1.59
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	150	$61,640	1.65
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	840	$96,840	0.61
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products `45-2041`	80	$35,600	7.80
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$48,130	0.47
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$28,150	0.79
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$42,820	0.68
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$60,000	0.82
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	250	$46,210	1.57
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,640	$61,900	2.04
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	70	$35,740	2.86
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$30,500	1.40
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	280	$34,320	4.28
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	90	$38,030	1.54
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	890	$27,160	0.53
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	160	$23,570	0.95
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	130	$26,970	1.30
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$109,990	0.45
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$59,810	0.63
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	60	$94,090	0.42
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	260	$51,600	1.50
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	90	$102,100	0.95
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	380	$37,140	1.24
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	300	$36,440	1.27
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$38,010	0.58
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$75,420	0.45
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$37,680	0.39
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	150	Not available	0.82
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	200	$31,180	3.51
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	740	$28,290	0.86
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates `23-1023`	30	$48,930	3.25
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,260	$35,960	1.09
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	300	$33,280	0.80
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	100	$25,980	1.29
Lawyers `23-1011`	140	$129,990	0.47
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	90	$36,310	1.46
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	70	$63,040	1.31
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	540	$47,820	2.13
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	540	$36,400	1.40
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	80	$39,710	1.30
Loan Officers `13-2072`	150	$66,230	1.39
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	40	$37,610	5.17
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$63,490	0.52
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$50,740	0.83
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	290	$25,710	0.85
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	430	$39,340	0.72
Management Analysts `13-1111`	30	$100,950	0.09
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	40	$34,890	0.74
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	170	$47,790	0.47
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$99,440	0.20
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$93,750	0.38
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	560	$35,000	1.77
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	90	$30,270	3.13
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	110	$39,630	1.39
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	690	$35,560	1.83
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	40	$39,130	2.37
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	370	$86,450	1.59
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	180	$46,400	2.82
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	210	$58,750	0.85
Millwrights `49-9044`	60	$50,630	3.54
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	740	$34,560	1.36
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	30	$37,770	0.88
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	80	$61,060	1.22
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	60	$34,230	1.03
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	70	$48,160	1.40
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	130	$75,460	1.10
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	90	$187,980	4.41
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	260	$105,730	2.05
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	930	$29,830	1.64
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$77,350	0.84
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$89,380	0.93
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	420	$27,180	0.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	200	$47,120	1.07
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	110	$35,550	4.01
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	90	$34,420	3.11
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	90	$36,260	0.61
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	210	$29,650	0.96
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$43,910	0.80
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	120	$47,260	0.78
Paramedics `29-2043`	100	$39,180	2.49
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	50	$26,260	0.89
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	270	$31,010	2.58
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$38,550	0.74
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$120,430	0.45
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	90	$38,410	2.25
Pharmacists `29-1051`	160	$131,230	1.26
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	260	$38,830	1.40
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$35,730	1.34
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	40	$25,360	2.00
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	130	$56,150	2.85
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	120	$95,460	1.12
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$103,890	0.70
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	220	$363,120	1.62
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$49,070	0.74
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	430	$59,210	1.63
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$60,790	1.39
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$59,010	1.42
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	240	$27,700	1.29
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	30	$64,140	0.92
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	30	$46,080	0.54
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	70	$43,840	0.46
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	60	$135,260	0.14
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$49,360	0.51
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	140	$34,930	2.31
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$59,290	0.31
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	70	$40,450	1.74
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	160	$52,230	1.82
Radiologists `29-1224`	Not available	Not published (very high)
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	400	$30,060	1.14
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	190	$28,740	1.44
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	120	$39,350	2.17
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,940	$67,430	1.47
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	60	$28,160	1.84
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	100	$61,290	1.90
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,360	$28,770	1.55
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$101,950	0.48
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	280	$54,940	0.57
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	700	$59,240	1.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$86,080	0.39
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	550	$61,190	1.31
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,190	$39,500	1.78
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	160	$45,970	0.84
Security Guards `33-9032`	650	$30,720	1.30
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$36,330	0.47
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	190	$30,320	4.74
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	30	$45,700	0.72
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	230	$35,000	0.73
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$28,460	0.48
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$63,940	0.57
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	120	$24,020	0.70
Software Developers `15-1252`	160	$115,580	0.24
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$69,870	0.96
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,330	$33,910	1.20
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	80	$38,620	4.15
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	150	$48,580	0.78
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	100	$28,410	0.51
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	140	$47,100	3.05
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	40	$44,600	1.72
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	50	$59,610	2.41
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	240	$23,300	0.44
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$58,800	1.17
Tellers `43-3071`	210	$36,750	1.62
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	120	$120,020	0.65
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$116,340	0.50
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$30,210	0.91
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	960	$24,520	1.08
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	90	$49,040	1.89
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	40	$41,130	1.70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	310	$45,210	1.93