Gadsden, AL

154 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 23460.

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
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,210
Retail Salespersons	1,130
Cashiers	910
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	810
Stockers and Order Fillers	770
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	670
Cooks, Fast Food	630
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	620
Waiters and Waitresses	560
Nursing Assistants	540
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	540
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	530
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	460
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	460
Medical Assistants	450
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	430
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	420
General and Operations Managers	400
Cooks, Restaurant	400
Customer Service Representatives	340

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
Helpers--Production Workers	7.61	270
Physical Therapist Assistants	6.78	160
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6.70	240
Cooks, Fast Food	4.59	630
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	4.28	100
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.14	140
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.63	120
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	3.17	260
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	2.79	100
Recreation Workers	2.79	200
Medical Assistants	2.57	450
Firefighters	2.50	180
Packers and Packagers, Hand	2.25	270
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2.18	190
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.16	310
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2.08	430
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.06	620
Medical and Health Services Managers	2.04	260
Postal Service Mail Carriers	1.99	140
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.98	190

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$226,450
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$207,450
Pharmacists	$129,090
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,470
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$115,430
Physical Therapists	$106,720
Nurse Practitioners	$103,700
Lawyers	$94,220
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$92,140
General and Operations Managers	$91,470
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$87,620
Medical and Health Services Managers	$85,100
Education Administrators, All Other	$81,480
Sales Managers	$80,950
Speech-Language Pathologists	$80,070
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$78,830
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	$77,810
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$76,270
Construction Managers	$75,210
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$74,990

All 154 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	280	$63,250	0.90
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	100	$17,960	1.18
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	30	$23,590	0.60
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$44,760	1.38
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	170	$42,200	1.10
Bartenders `35-3011`	120	$23,700	0.73
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	50	$36,660	1.48
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	40	$36,700	0.41
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	290	$40,810	1.00
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	110	$46,740	1.70
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$35,040	1.85
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	70	$49,920	0.64
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	100	$57,380	4.28
Carpenters `47-2031`	30	$41,180	0.22
Cashiers `41-2011`	910	$25,750	1.37
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$51,490	0.93
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	60	$21,050	0.53
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$78,830	0.45
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	260	$36,100	3.17
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	90	$48,130	1.29
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	140	$37,360	4.14
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	60	$69,990	0.69
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	60	$39,730	1.77
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	50	$47,360	0.30
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	280	$32,900	1.18
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$75,210	0.87
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	630	$25,900	4.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	190	$22,480	1.98
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	400	$28,790	1.32
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	30	$69,430	0.70
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$30,530	1.04
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$34,620	1.27
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	340	$35,450	0.60
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	240	$38,420	6.70
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$35,690	0.90
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$55,840	1.17
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	70	$20,800	0.59
Dishwashers `35-9021`	60	$27,540	0.58
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	Not available	$81,480
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	60	$92,140	0.84
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	30	$74,990	0.83
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	80	$56,140	1.04
Electricians `47-2111`	140	$44,490	0.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	Not available	$57,890
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$54,040	1.46
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	Not available	$226,450
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	810	$22,770	0.99
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	70	$122,470	0.41
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$36,700	2.50
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	140	$57,610	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	420	$34,170	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$37,540	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	170	$62,150	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	260	$54,510	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	310	$61,460	2.16
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	460	$38,390	1.91
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	180	$57,340	1.37
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	310	$26,050	1.64
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	40	$35,140	2.99
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$59,270	1.65
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	400	$91,470	0.54
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$27,070	0.66
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$58,190	1.63
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$49,300	1.34
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	540	$54,410	1.22
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	270	$34,720	7.61
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$38,350	1.42
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	460	$27,450	0.50
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	130	$22,750	1.40
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	50	$26,320	0.98
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	120	$55,720	0.62
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	50	$72,880	0.68
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	170	$59,330	1.79
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$115,430	0.80
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	250	$36,500	1.48
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	230	$36,700	1.77
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$59,120	1.24
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	40	$33,130	1.32
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	320	$28,730	0.68
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	530	$31,960	0.85
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	140	$29,460	0.68
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$26,520	1.19
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$94,220	0.42
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$61,330	1.88
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	210	$56,040	1.51
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	230	$34,600	1.10
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$36,770	1.13
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$54,360	1.69
Machinists `51-4041`	80	$48,370	1.36
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	110	$25,910	0.59
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	280	$43,410	0.87
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	90	$48,670	0.46
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	Not available	0.61
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	450	$34,250	2.57
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	40	$41,030	1.07
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	430	$34,670	2.08
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$85,100	2.04
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	100	Not available	2.79
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	620	$34,100	2.06
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	120	$38,420	3.63
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	30	$66,910	0.51
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	130	$103,700	1.94
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	540	$30,440	1.75
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$76,270	1.21
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$87,620	2.41
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	220	$28,330	0.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	100	$36,910	1.01
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	70	$36,650	0.87
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	270	$29,190	2.25
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$37,980	0.79
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	110	$28,180	1.86
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$129,090	1.44
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	160	$36,800	1.59
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$37,500	1.45
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	160	$65,060	6.78
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$106,720	1.72
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$207,450	0.80
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	100	$47,350	1.03
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	240	$48,340	1.67
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$55,930	1.99
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	110	$25,290	1.05
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$47,130	0.47
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$38,050	1.69
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$57,650	1.63
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	180	$29,450	0.94
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	200	$25,370	2.79
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,210	$77,810	1.68
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$37,550	2.10
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	70	$62,800	2.26
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,130	$28,300	1.36
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$80,950	0.46
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	140	$47,050	0.54
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	240	$61,000	0.89
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	330	$58,960	1.45
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	670	$38,860	1.83
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$45,660	0.76
Security Guards `33-9032`	110	$30,040	0.38
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$28,140	0.65
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	110	$35,730	0.60
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$73,920	1.08
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$29,800	0.98
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	90	$80,070	2.23
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	770	$31,270	1.27
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	30	$39,940	3.02
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	100	$41,690	0.93
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	210	$25,340	1.89
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	40	$45,660	3.29
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	190	$21,940	0.62
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$35,150	1.77
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	30	$33,280	1.46
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	40	$47,640	0.41
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	560	$24,030	1.16
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$57,280	2.44
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	190	$42,240	2.18