Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Alabama

811 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Alabama for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Carpet Installers	$46,600	190	View salary detail
Hearing Aid Specialists	$46,530	50	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$46,450	1,320	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$46,440	170	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$46,340	380	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$46,240	2,790	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$46,170	1,360	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$46,130	310	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,050	2,220	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$46,010	780	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$45,950	1,840	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$45,760	1,050	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$45,710	470	View salary detail
Roofers	$45,670	1,010	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$45,640	9,040	View salary detail
Glaziers	$45,520	260	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$45,250	420	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$45,000	410	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$44,950	100	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$44,930	420	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,880	15,360	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$44,860	25,020	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$44,800	260	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$44,780	140	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$44,720	2,110	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,640	19,890	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$44,550	460	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$44,370	2,550	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,250	5,250	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$43,930	1,570	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,830	6,000	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$43,810	2,330	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,800	1,680	View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$43,640	390	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$43,630	16,660	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$43,600	1,210	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$43,600	1,210	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$43,600	1,210	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$43,600	1,210	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$43,460	2,100	View salary detail
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	$43,440	60	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$43,440	530	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$43,440	320	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$43,340	200	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$43,340	270	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$43,110	400	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$43,090	400	View salary detail
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$43,000	290	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$42,840	2,900	View salary detail
Motorcycle Mechanics	$42,670	270	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.