Decatur, AL metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Decatur Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Decatur, AL metro area

Figures describe the Decatur, AL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Decatur 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 (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 241 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Decatur, AL metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$351,790	$169.13	50
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$165,480	$79.56	160
3	Industrial Production Managers	$150,030	$72.13	240
4	Financial Managers	$142,940	$68.72	150
5	Lawyers	$139,010	$66.83	70
6	Aerospace Engineers	$138,460	$66.57	100
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$135,870	$65.32	130
8	Materials Engineers	$134,370	$64.60	50
9	Sales Managers	$133,480	$64.17	110
10	Pharmacists	$133,410	$64.14	120
11	Computer Network Architects	$132,570	$63.74	60
12	Purchasing Managers	$132,320	$63.62	40
13	Information Security Analysts	$130,400	$62.69	50
14	Environmental Engineers	$129,290	$62.16	50
15	Facilities Managers	$128,880	$61.96	40
16	Marketing Managers	$128,500	$61.78	40
17	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$125,940	$60.55	90
18	Electrical Engineers	$124,440	$59.83	160
19	Human Resources Managers	$123,160	$59.21	50
20	Family Medicine Physicians	$118,450	$56.95	40
21	General and Operations Managers	$117,380	$56.43	850
22	Managers, All Other	$116,730	$56.12	50
23	Power Plant Operators	$115,920	$55.73	30
24	Mechanical Engineers	$115,750	$55.65	310
25	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$114,470	$55.03	70

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