Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

220 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 22520.

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	2,080
Cashiers	1,580
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,320
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,310
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,190
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,160
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,130
Waiters and Waitresses	1,100
Cooks, Fast Food	900
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	830
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	830
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	750
General and Operations Managers	740
Nursing Assistants	700
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	670
Customer Service Representatives	650
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	620
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	620
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	620
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	610

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
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	9.19	540
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	7.10	390
Helpers--Electricians	6.30	140
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	4.71	100
Cooks, Fast Food	3.87	900
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.64	580
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3.38	190
Paramedics	2.78	100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.74	670
Tellers	2.29	270
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	2.28	110
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.15	130
Parts Salespersons	2.12	210
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	2.08	120
Electricians	2.08	570
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2.04	830
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	2.04	340
Bus Drivers, School	2.02	290
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1.93	360
Nurse Practitioners	1.90	220

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Nurse Anesthetists	$188,760
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$164,770
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$157,570
Dentists, General	$153,870
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$140,000
Electrical Engineers	$131,330
Pharmacists	$130,540
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$128,830
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$125,010
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$120,490
Human Resources Managers	$117,960
Software Developers	$116,260
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$109,970
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$108,510
Sales Managers	$104,010
Nurse Practitioners	$101,040
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$100,300
Veterinarians	$98,990
Lawyers	$98,850
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$98,550

All 220 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	460	$67,600	0.88
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	180	$19,880	1.29
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	130	$26,910	1.35
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$48,520	0.81
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$157,570	0.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$56,690	1.45
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	240	$39,800	0.95
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	80	$27,390	2.29
Bartenders `35-3011`	190	$27,730	0.68
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$38,040	0.98
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$36,600	0.82
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	580	$38,810	1.17
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	290	$17,260	2.02
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$50,410	1.22
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	80	$82,120	0.21
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$35,300	1.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	160	$62,410	0.89
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	50	$32,540	1.66
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	80	$56,310	2.00
Carpenters `47-2031`	170	$51,740	0.69
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,580	$27,310	1.41
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	30	$64,070	1.56
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$164,770	0.45
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$47,670	0.87
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	60	$58,100	2.30
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	110	$100,300	0.79
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$81,700	0.35
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	160	$27,460	1.15
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	190	$45,950	1.58
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	90	$31,480	0.95
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	190	$39,740	3.38
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$66,620	0.35
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	70	$47,780	1.20
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$49,120	0.43
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$109,970	0.24
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	560	$36,260	1.42
Construction Managers `11-9021`	250	$81,290	1.86
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	900	$26,820	3.87
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	240	$27,210	1.48
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	590	$30,350	1.16
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	90	$21,480	1.90
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	80	$35,900	0.61
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	90	$69,200	1.10
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	200	$33,960	1.41
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$37,790	0.87
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	650	$37,520	0.69
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	130	$38,040	2.15
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$37,170	0.87
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$58,660	1.05
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$153,870	1.12
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$68,030	1.54
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	130	$21,930	0.66
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$28,110	0.70
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$39,040	0.86
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	130	$48,190	0.87
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	Not available	$92,830
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$97,940	0.76
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	140	$58,250	1.12
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$131,330	0.68
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	110	$90,000	2.28
Electricians `47-2111`	570	$59,770	2.08
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations) `17-2072`	40	$81,350	1.24
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	Not available	$60,580
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$55,360	1.02
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	80	$35,260	1.15
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$59,390	0.27
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	90	$36,690	0.76
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$140,000	0.56
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	100	$29,710	1.06
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,310	$22,590	0.94
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$128,830	0.48
Firefighters `33-2011`	140	$37,150	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	450	$63,520	1.53
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	80	$45,220	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	610	$35,630	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$44,010	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	80	$52,710	1.76
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	370	$71,450	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$76,050	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	500	$57,330	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$37,770	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$60,610	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	670	$62,760	2.74
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	830	$43,960	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	330	$57,850	1.48
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	540	$27,410	1.67
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$27,910	0.61
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	140	$60,950	1.67
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	740	$97,600	0.59
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$38,110	0.60
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$28,550	0.44
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$58,140	0.76
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	250	$46,560	1.66
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	830	$48,140	1.12
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	140	$34,310	6.30
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$27,420	1.35
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	90	$30,960	1.57
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	70	$37,430	1.25
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	620	$27,320	0.40
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	210	$23,390	1.35
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$25,860	0.95
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$117,960	0.38
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	190	$60,560	0.59
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	140	$98,550	1.09
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	580	$59,370	3.64
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	130	$120,490	1.48
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	360	$49,610	1.29
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	310	$38,250	1.44
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$40,670	0.75
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	160	$61,590	0.91
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$34,010	1.01
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	750	$29,540	0.95
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	40	$76,500	1.65
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,130	$36,370	1.06
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	360	$33,630	1.06
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$26,670	0.72
Lawyers `23-1011`	110	$98,850	0.42
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	Not available	1.06
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	60	$63,170	1.35
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$30,100	1.70
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	320	$55,360	1.37
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	440	$36,210	1.24
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	110	$38,030	1.90
Loan Officers `13-2072`	150	$63,870	1.48
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	40	$49,990	4.67
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	80	$76,640	0.84
Machinists `51-4041`	160	$82,690	1.59
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	200	$25,840	0.64
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	620	$45,660	1.12
Management Analysts `13-1111`	30	$98,270	0.10
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	30	$91,650	0.15
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	160	$51,940	0.48
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	80	$108,510	0.77
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	490	$35,350	1.67
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$43,870	0.69
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	590	$35,470	1.69
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	240	$84,610	1.11
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	120	$32,970	2.08
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	610	$34,740	1.20
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	90	$46,170	2.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	110	$56,510	1.68
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	390	$37,150	7.10
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$73,740	0.54
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	50	$188,760	2.82
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	220	$101,040	1.90
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	700	$31,940	1.34
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$79,990	0.96
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$84,630	0.57
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	30	$57,450	1.65
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	360	$29,930	0.40
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	260	$46,850	1.49
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	50	$34,570	1.95
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	30	$47,430	0.25
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	100	$27,290	0.52
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	80	$48,190	1.02
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	100	$45,540	0.74
Paramedics `29-2043`	100	$46,080	2.78
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	210	$31,560	2.12
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$44,690	0.60
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$71,990	0.53
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	80	$38,410	2.28
Pharmacists `29-1051`	160	$130,540	1.35
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	260	$39,380	1.51
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	50	$35,780	1.00
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	80	$59,700	1.87
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$84,750	0.69
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	140	$125,010	1.14
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	340	$60,590	2.04
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	310	$56,010	1.28
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$68,620	1.24
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	190	$58,410	1.64
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	Not available	$27,660
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	60	$36,060	1.08
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	60	$50,930	0.45
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	80	$93,950	0.21
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	80	$54,990	0.73
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$56,320	0.39
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	80	$42,210	2.03
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$60,790	1.44
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$46,110	0.48
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	330	$30,580	1.01
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	120	$34,980	0.97
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	80	$36,280	1.52
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,320	$66,360	1.08
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	50	$23,530	1.62
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,080	$28,980	1.48
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$104,010	0.36
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	220	$46,800	0.49
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	580	$61,490	1.30
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	620	$62,080	1.62
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,160	$38,850	1.89
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	150	$46,170	0.84
Security Guards `33-9032`	180	$29,400	0.40
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	40	$58,450	1.34
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	160	$39,160	0.54
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$63,310	0.66
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	50	$34,350	0.31
Software Developers `15-1252`	130	$116,260	0.21
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$72,870	0.60
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,190	$30,570	1.16
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	60	$69,530	2.60
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	90	$44,250	0.52
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	360	$23,060	1.93
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	70	$49,060	1.69
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	30	$41,160	1.46
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	50	$56,230	1.10
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	240	$23,330	0.47
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	540	$19,550	9.19
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$52,550	1.25
Tellers `43-3071`	270	$35,780	2.29
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	50	$68,290	2.25
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	40	$63,600	0.25
Tree Trimmers and Pruners `37-3013`	60	$50,960	2.92
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$98,990	1.08
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	40	$34,880	0.85
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$29,520	0.80
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,100	$25,990	1.34
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$72,010	1.41
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	130	$44,210	0.89
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	100	$36,060	4.71