Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Auburn Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area

Figures describe the Auburn-Opelika, AL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Auburn city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (4 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 260 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$293,630	$141.17	180
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$144,800	$69.61	70
3	Pharmacists	$133,180	$64.03	210
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$129,590	$62.30	180
5	Financial Managers	$129,580	$62.30	180
6	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$128,090	Not published	40
7	Information Security Analysts	$120,950	$58.15	70
8	Software Developers	$120,310	$57.84	290
9	Sales Managers	$116,000	$55.77	90
10	Industrial Production Managers	$110,980	$53.36	100
11	Electrical Engineers	$109,100	$52.45	30
12	Human Resources Managers	$108,590	$52.21	70
13	Nurse Practitioners	$108,500	$52.16	180
14	Administrative Services Managers	$108,110	$51.98	40
15	Marketing Managers	$106,300	$51.10	60
16	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$105,180	$50.57	30
17	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$103,580	Not published	260
18	General and Operations Managers	$103,380	$49.70	920
19	Computer Network Architects	$102,380	$49.22	50
20	Veterinarians	$101,060	$48.59	60
21	Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,850	$48.49	290
22	Lawyers	$100,560	$48.34	120
23	Mechanical Engineers	$100,230	$48.19	100
24	Construction Managers	$100,140	$48.14	400
25	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$99,870	Not published	90

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Auburn metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.