Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Birmingham, AL

592 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Birmingham, AL for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$85,700	90	View salary detail
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$84,640	1,510	View salary detail
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$84,350	1,290	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$84,290	150	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$83,740	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$83,030	370	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$82,870	60	View salary detail
Chemists	$82,790	170	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$82,060	360	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$81,750	110	View salary detail
Fundraising Managers	$80,990	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$80,790	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$80,760	730	View salary detail
Gas Plant Operators	$80,280	140	View salary detail
Biostatisticians	$80,240	90	View salary detail
Statisticians	$80,240	90	View salary detail
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,230	50	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$79,560	230	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$79,560	230	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$79,560	230	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$79,480	1,190	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$79,330	810	View salary detail
Art Directors	$78,710	110	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$78,680	17,850	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$78,680	17,850	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$78,680	17,850	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$78,680	17,850	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$78,680	17,850	View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors	$78,660	7,790	View salary detail
History Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,630	50	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,590	140	View salary detail
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,240	50	View salary detail
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,170	50	View salary detail
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$77,880	250	View salary detail
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,850	210	View salary detail
Coroners	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Customs Brokers	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Environmental Compliance Inspectors	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Regulatory Affairs Specialists	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Compliance Officers	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators	$77,780	1,200	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$77,600	120	View salary detail
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$77,580	50	View salary detail
Logisticians	$77,210	520	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$77,210	520	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$77,210	520	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$77,170	110	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$77,170	110	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$77,170	110	View salary detail

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.