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
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$38,360	170	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$38,350	130	View salary detail
File Clerks	$38,290	110	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$38,270	120	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,170	1,500	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$38,140	2,110	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,820	3,240	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$37,810	2,020	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,790	130	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$37,700	960	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$37,670	60	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$37,630	410	View salary detail
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$37,590	190	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$37,520	1,880	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$37,510	460	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$37,460	630	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$37,440	770	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$37,440	260	View salary detail
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	$37,430	40	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$37,430	2,730	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$37,390	70	View salary detail
Tellers	$37,350	6,770	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$37,340	290	View salary detail
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,340	770	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$37,220	2,350	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$37,150	390	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,110	19,180	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$37,010	190	View salary detail
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other	$37,000	40	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$36,980	1,280	View salary detail
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	$36,970	70	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$36,930	16,580	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$36,900	18,400	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$36,880	880	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$36,760	660	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$36,760	660	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$36,760	660	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$36,750	2,580	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$36,730	820	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$36,730	820	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$36,730	820	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$36,730	820	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$36,680	1,260	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$36,680	3,290	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$36,670	2,160	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$36,670	36,140	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$36,670	36,140	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$36,620	1,300	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$36,620	150	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$36,590	1,880	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.