Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Daphne Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area

Figures describe the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Daphne 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 (6 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 269 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$197,560	$94.98	Not published
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$160,680	$77.25	70
3	Optometrists	$160,680	$77.25	40
4	Pharmacists	$136,860	$65.80	200
5	Physicians, All Other	$133,880	$64.37	210
6	Financial Managers	$133,390	$64.13	170
7	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$129,840	$62.42	40
8	Management Analysts	$126,810	$60.97	70
9	Sales Managers	$124,990	$60.09	140
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$124,650	$59.93	100
11	Industrial Production Managers	$122,260	$58.78	90
12	Software Developers	$121,320	$58.33	340
13	Physician Assistants	$112,610	$54.14	40
14	Marketing Managers	$107,340	$51.60	50
15	Managers, All Other	$105,370	$50.66	40
16	Nurse Practitioners	$104,410	$50.20	Not published
17	Human Resources Managers	$103,910	$49.96	50
18	Electrical Engineers	$103,240	$49.64	60
19	Family Medicine Physicians	$101,990	$49.03	Not published
20	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$100,450	Not published	150
21	General and Operations Managers	$100,260	$48.20	1,380
22	Industrial Engineers	$99,650	$47.91	90
23	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$97,560	$46.90	60
24	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$97,110	$46.69	30
25	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$96,510	$46.40	190

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Daphne 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.