Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southeast 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 272 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$234,560	$112.77	80
2	Chief Executives	$151,460	$72.82	40
3	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$136,990	Not published	200
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$133,940	$64.39	80
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$129,930	$62.47	110
6	Managers, All Other	$129,890	$62.45	90
7	Pharmacists	$129,890	$62.45	170
8	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$127,450	$61.28	40
9	Sales Managers	$125,060	$60.13	90
10	Electrical Engineers	$121,700	$58.51	60
11	Commercial Pilots	$120,280	Not published	Not published
12	Financial Managers	$116,810	$56.16	170
13	Software Developers	$115,890	$55.72	200
14	Engineers, All Other	$108,260	$52.05	40
15	Industrial Production Managers	$107,790	$51.82	190
16	Facilities Managers	$106,870	$51.38	40
17	Computer Network Architects	$106,800	$51.35	30
18	Information Security Analysts	$106,560	$51.23	70
19	Nurse Practitioners	$104,970	$50.46	180
20	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$102,400	Not published	60
21	Human Resources Managers	$102,290	$49.18	60
22	Education Administrators, All Other	$102,210	$49.14	Not published
23	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$101,490	$48.79	30
24	Mechanical Engineers	$99,390	$47.78	80
25	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$99,210	$47.70	120

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