Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (5 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 230 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$341,060	$163.97	80
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$169,250	$81.37	30
3	Chief Executives	$151,460	$72.82	40
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$134,010	$64.43	50
5	Pharmacists	$130,910	$62.94	210
6	Sales Managers	$129,770	$62.39	110
7	Financial Managers	$126,780	$60.95	150
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,390	$59.32	60
9	Nurse Practitioners	$104,910	$50.44	160
10	General and Operations Managers	$103,990	$50.00	750
11	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,890	$49.95	50
12	Industrial Production Managers	$102,780	$49.41	220
13	Management Analysts	$102,050	$49.06	40
14	Lawyers	$99,250	$47.72	70
15	Education Administrators, All Other	$97,180	$46.72	Not published
16	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$97,070	$46.67	30
17	Human Resources Managers	$96,590	$46.44	40
18	Physical Therapists	$95,940	$46.12	80
19	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$95,640	Not published	110
20	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$95,210	$45.77	80
21	Purchasing Managers	$94,990	$45.67	60
22	Construction Managers	$91,430	$43.96	150
23	Civil Engineers	$91,380	$43.93	80
24	Software Developers	$90,660	$43.59	100
25	Computer Systems Analysts	$88,990	$42.79	60

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan 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.