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Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

This list of OES earnings and employment estimates for occupations in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama, area is ordered by average earnings. The occupation title is a link to the section of the Occupational Outlook Handbook that includes the occupation. (In some cases two or more OES occupations are included together in one OOH article.)

Occupations ranked by mean annual earnings

Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Metropolitian area, all industries, May 2005

Mean annual wageOccupationMedian annual wageEmployment
$183,040Family and general practitioners
(area) (ind)
>$145Kn.a.
$163,640Pediatricians, general
(area) (ind)
>$145K 80
$123,500Chief executives
(area) (ind)
$113,640 90
$94,250Lawyers
(area) (ind)
$77,330 50
$84,660Pharmacists
(area) (ind)
$87,110 140
$83,950Optometrists
(area) (ind)
$86,320n.a.
$80,310Construction managers
(area) (ind)
$68,610 60
$79,510Engineering managers
(area) (ind)
$69,730 30
$79,500Engineers, all other
(area) (ind)
$82,220 50
$77,900Managers, all other
(area) (ind)
$65,380 90
$77,850General and operations managers
(area) (ind)
$57,200 760
$77,660Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind)
$67,740 60
$72,550Management occupations
(area) (ind)
$61,340 1,810
$70,940Chemical engineers
(area) (ind)
$70,760 30
$70,610Financial managers
(area) (ind)
$69,390 120
$69,920Property, real estate, and community association managers
(area) (ind)
$71,170 30
$67,520Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$71,800 320
$67,360Legal occupations
(area) (ind)
$51,720 120
$66,630Sales managers
(area) (ind)
$70,610 90
$65,400First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$51,360 60
$63,830Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind)
$63,680 80
$63,630Administrative services managers
(area) (ind)
$71,560 50
$62,450Industrial production managers
(area) (ind)
$58,540 50
$58,050Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind)
$61,840 40
$56,810Chemists
(area) (ind)
$58,710 50
$56,240Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind)
$54,500 60
$55,070Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
(area) (ind)
$56,200 30
$54,830Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind)
$38,190 3,100
$54,220Industrial engineers
(area) (ind)
$54,970 30
$54,060Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$53,810 360
$52,870Civil engineers
(area) (ind)
$50,850 40
$52,720Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind)
$39,760 240
$51,980Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
(area) (ind)
$53,170 30
$51,080Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$48,750 420
$50,590Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind)
$43,110 1,260
$49,590Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
(area) (ind)
$47,450 80
$49,480First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
(area) (ind)
$50,580 30
$48,830Computer programmers
(area) (ind)
$47,770n.a.
$47,670Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind)
$44,050 580
$47,500Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind)
$43,140 170
$47,260Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind)
$47,470 100
$46,170Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind)
$35,390 80
$46,130Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$47,080 30
$45,540Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind)
$42,460 170
$45,060First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind)
$42,850 280
$44,230First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind)
$40,500 210
$44,190Cost estimators
(area) (ind)
$40,550 80
$43,660Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$43,300 50
$42,860Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind)
$45,210 190
$42,520Postal service clerks
(area) (ind)
$42,380 40
$42,220First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind)
$42,270 160
$41,470Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind)
$44,120 90
$41,030Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind)
$40,800 40
$40,890Machinists
(area) (ind)
$44,020 300
$40,790Millwrights
(area) (ind)
$34,760 40
$40,660Training and development specialists
(area) (ind)
$40,370 30
$40,180Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind)
$41,070 90
$40,110Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind)
$40,680 30
$39,870Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$39,780 60
$39,800Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind)
$39,590 210
$39,780Social and community service managers
(area) (ind)
$40,680 30
$39,630Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$40,120 660
$39,310Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind)
$40,450 40
$39,150Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$32,090 80
$38,640Loan officers
(area) (ind)
$32,710 80
$38,340Brickmasons and blockmasons
(area) (ind)
$40,180n.a.
$38,150First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind)
$34,320 500
$37,810Chemical technicians
(area) (ind)
$37,810 30
$37,790Detectives and criminal investigators
(area) (ind)
$33,750 30
$37,730Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$38,150 420
$37,030First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind)
$34,540 450
$36,950Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind)
$35,330 60
$36,800Architectural and civil drafters
(area) (ind)
$36,510 40
$36,500Food service managers
(area) (ind)
$33,590 50
$36,340Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$36,610 160
$36,250Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind)
$33,290 60
$35,820Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind)
$32,590 2,180
$35,570Electricians
(area) (ind)
$31,960 460
$35,560Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind)
$33,540 70
$35,520Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind)
$36,100 210
$35,340Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind)
$33,520 190
$35,050Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$36,470 90
$34,350Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$32,240 200
$34,250First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$33,140 90
$33,560Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind)
$36,100 90
$33,320First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$29,200 40
$33,210Carpenters
(area) (ind)
$33,490 270
$32,950Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind)
$33,660 70
$32,650Chemical equipment operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$32,740n.a.
$32,300Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind)
$30,520 2,880
$32,160Appraisers and assessors of real estate
(area) (ind)
$32,640 30
$32,070Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind)
$28,450 370
$32,040Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
(area) (ind)
$31,520n.a.
$32,000Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind)
$33,820 3,490
$31,860Parts salespersons
(area) (ind)
$22,460 240
$31,250Coaches and scouts
(area) (ind)
$30,660 70
$31,010Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
(area) (ind)
$31,850 60
$30,990Automotive glass installers and repairers
(area) (ind)
$31,600n.a.
$30,760Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind)
$30,130 300
$30,700Tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$32,050n.a.
$30,640Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind)
$30,310 440
$30,640Logging equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$31,520n.a.
$30,510Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind)
$29,550 30
$30,470Computer support specialists
(area) (ind)
$27,610 40
$30,250Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind)
$26,990 50
$30,090Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind)
$28,560 260
$29,940Fallers
(area) (ind)
$30,920 30
$29,760Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$31,390 310
$29,730Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind)
$29,320 90
$29,690Home appliance repairers
(area) (ind)
$33,070n.a.
$29,640Librarians
(area) (ind)
$25,900n.a.
$29,420All Occupations
(area) (ind)
$22,810 50,820
$29,410Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind)
$28,700 240
$29,150Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind)
$34,200 410
$29,110Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
(area) (ind)
$29,540n.a.
$28,930Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind)
$29,220 40
$28,750Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind)
$25,600 60
$28,590First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$25,340 630
$28,580Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind)
$28,980 360
$28,510Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind)
$27,480 30
$28,290Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind)
$27,640 30
$28,060Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind)
$23,640 650
$28,050Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind)
$27,730 100
$28,000First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind)
$28,590 60
$27,650Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind)
$26,680n.a.
$27,590All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind)
$23,890 40
$27,520Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$26,570 80
$27,450Fire fighters
(area) (ind)
$26,040 160
$27,310Civil engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$25,970 60
$27,140Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$27,300 70
$27,060Graphic designers
(area) (ind)
$26,030 40
$26,930Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind)
$25,660 60
$26,590Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$26,690 70
$26,460Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind)
$26,640 30
$26,450Protective service occupations
(area) (ind)
$25,300 900
$26,320Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind)
$24,610 270
$26,250Production occupations
(area) (ind)
$24,470 6,440
$26,150Tool and die makers
(area) (ind)
$23,240n.a.
$26,120Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind)
$22,660 40
$26,110Conveyor operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$26,150n.a.
$25,950Customer service representatives
(area) (ind)
$24,030 350
$25,950Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind)
$17,010 40
$25,560Roofers
(area) (ind)
$25,390 30
$25,480Telemarketers
(area) (ind)
$25,880 30
$25,450Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind)
$24,150 540
$25,430Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind)
$24,430 50
$25,050Dental laboratory technicians
(area) (ind)
$26,990 40
$25,010Public relations specialists
(area) (ind)
$24,030 30
$24,900Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind)
$23,730 60
$24,840First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind)
$22,830 80
$24,780Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind)
$21,980 180
$24,700First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind)
$22,310 460
$24,610Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind)
$24,270 90
$24,590Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind)
$24,710 210
$24,390Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,240 4,540
$24,290Medical secretaries
(area) (ind)
$23,740 130
$24,270Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind)
$18,230 5,880
$24,260Mechanical drafters
(area) (ind)
$22,290 30
$24,180Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind)
$22,460 360
$24,130Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$24,190 60
$24,120Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,830 7,460
$23,950Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind)
$23,200 70
$23,920Court, municipal, and license clerks
(area) (ind)
$22,620 30
$23,790Mental health counselors
(area) (ind)
$22,040n.a.
$23,780Legal secretaries
(area) (ind)
$23,160 130
$23,680Construction laborers
(area) (ind)
$21,670 460
$23,670Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind)
$21,940 60
$23,620Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$23,140 70
$23,550Pest control workers
(area) (ind)
$22,690 60
$23,540Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,120 170
$23,520Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$24,350 220
$23,370Team assemblers
(area) (ind)
$20,380 550
$23,350Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind)
$18,290 550
$23,170Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$19,800 1,200
$23,090Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$22,960 90
$22,890Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind)
$22,090 50
$22,890Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind)
$23,360 30
$22,340Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind)
$21,780 1,210
$22,260Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind)
$22,130 50
$22,180Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind)
$20,200 70
$22,110Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind)
$17,900n.a.
$21,590Medical assistants
(area) (ind)
$21,880 120
$21,580Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind)
$23,060 90
$21,530Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind)
$20,290 500
$21,520Grinding and polishing workers, hand
(area) (ind)
$21,630n.a.
$21,460Order clerks
(area) (ind)
$21,240 60
$21,450Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
(area) (ind)
$21,930n.a.
$21,330Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind)
$21,180 110
$21,230Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
(area) (ind)
$19,430 60
$21,200Retail salespersons
(area) (ind)
$18,150 2,150
$21,170Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind)
$19,650n.a.
$21,070Dental assistants
(area) (ind)
$21,810 110
$20,870Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind)
$20,530 60
$20,730Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind)
$20,320 160
$20,600Floral designers
(area) (ind)
$20,760n.a.
$20,570Tax preparers
(area) (ind)
$20,470n.a.
$20,350Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind)
$19,990 100
$20,200Tellers
(area) (ind)
$19,830 430
$20,110Data entry keyers
(area) (ind)
$20,050 40
$19,880Office clerks, general
(area) (ind)
$19,240 910
$19,850Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$18,080 190
$19,780Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind)
$20,040n.a.
$19,750Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind)
$16,990 760
$19,120Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$19,560n.a.
$19,090Sewing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$18,440 70
$19,040Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind)
$19,420 230
$19,040Photographers
(area) (ind)
$17,400 30
$18,960Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
(area) (ind)
$19,040 70
$18,800Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind)
$18,290 80
$18,580Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind)
$17,260 50
$18,550Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind)
$17,150 710
$18,320Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind)
$16,660 1,340
$17,950Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind)
$17,510 100
$17,940Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind)
$16,860 360
$17,820Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind)
$16,610 1,600
$17,750Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$16,650 620
$17,710Recreation workers
(area) (ind)
$16,440 90
$17,600Security guards
(area) (ind)
$14,800 170
$17,460Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind)
$17,170 200
$17,440Radio and television announcers
(area) (ind)
$15,880 60
$17,250Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
(area) (ind)
$16,880n.a.
$17,230Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind)
$14,710 860
$17,080Community and social service specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$17,830n.a.
$16,730Nonfarm animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$16,070 30
$16,640Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$15,950 120
$16,630Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind)
$16,400 750
$16,120Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
(area) (ind)
$15,590n.a.
$15,730Library technicians
(area) (ind)
$14,410n.a.
$15,580Home health aides
(area) (ind)
$15,750 410
$15,490Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind)
$15,880 110
$15,160Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind)
$13,600 250
$15,080Cashiers
(area) (ind)
$14,590 1,800
$15,050Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$15,300 40
$14,780Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind)
$13,770 110
$14,660Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind)
$13,010 100
$14,540Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind)
$13,420 4,940
$14,260Cooks, short order
(area) (ind)
$13,690 110
$14,230Bakers
(area) (ind)
$13,470 30
$14,010Bartenders
(area) (ind)
$14,120 70
$13,960Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind)
$13,360 370
$13,860Food preparation workers
(area) (ind)
$13,520 360
$13,840Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$13,790 100
$13,810Teacher assistants
(area) (ind)
$13,600 860
$13,670Dishwashers
(area) (ind)
$13,380 200
$13,600Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$13,300 280
$13,430Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind)
$13,390 240
$13,100Child care workers
(area) (ind)
$13,180 250
$12,980Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind)
$13,030 30
$12,850Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$13,010 120
$12,830Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind)
$12,930 1,630
$12,680Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind)
$12,800 80
$12,660Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind)
$12,820 960
$12,510Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind)
$12,710 270
n.a.Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
(area) (ind)
n.a. 30
n.a.Dental hygienists
(area) (ind)
n.a. 110

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates