Montgomery, AL metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Montgomery Metro

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

Figures describe the Montgomery, AL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Montgomery 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 (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 373 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Montgomery, AL metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$285,260	$137.14	300
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$156,490	$75.24	160
3	Chief Executives	$155,700	$74.86	70
4	Pharmacists	$136,620	$65.68	430
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$134,810	$64.81	570
6	Computer Hardware Engineers	$134,190	$64.51	40
7	Financial Managers	$131,570	$63.25	650
8	Lawyers	$125,290	$60.24	960
9	Computer Network Architects	$124,120	$59.67	230
10	Purchasing Managers	$121,250	$58.29	110
11	Industrial Production Managers	$119,990	$57.69	190
12	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$119,430	$57.42	50
13	Managers, All Other	$116,170	$55.85	370
14	Information Security Analysts	$113,270	$54.46	220
15	Software Developers	$110,620	$53.18	780
16	Computer Occupations, All Other	$109,300	$52.55	740
17	Administrative Services Managers	$109,240	$52.52	60
18	Education Administrators, All Other	$108,890	$52.35	Not published
19	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$108,760	$52.29	80
20	General and Operations Managers	$107,980	$51.91	2,230
21	Power Plant Operators	$107,080	$51.48	60
22	Financial Examiners	$105,180	$50.57	70
23	Nurse Practitioners	$105,050	$50.51	330
24	Electrical Engineers	$104,990	$50.48	200
25	Facilities Managers	$102,800	$49.42	60

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