Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Across all occupations in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan area, the median wage is $38,520 a year ($18.52 an hour) and the mean $50,200, May 2025. That median is −24% against the US median of $50,980 and −16% against Alabama's $45,670. BLS counts 87,120 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is nurse anesthetists; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL vs Alabama and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL area, Alabama and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	Hourly	$11.39	$14.20	$18.52	$28.63	$39.14	$24.14	87,120
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	Annual	$23,690	$29,540	$38,520	$59,540	$81,410	$50,200	87,120
Alabama	Hourly	$12.54	$15.41	$21.96	$32.11	$48.68	$27.65	2,113,660
Alabama	Annual	$26,090	$32,050	$45,670	$66,790	$101,250	$57,500	2,113,660
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

269 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Alabama. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$197,560	$94.98	**
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$160,680	$77.25	70
2	Optometrists	$160,680	$77.25	40
4	Pharmacists	$136,860	$65.80	200
5	Physicians, All Other	$133,880	$64.37	210
6	Financial Managers in Alabama	$133,390	$64.13	170
7	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$129,840	$62.42	40
8	Management Analysts in Alabama	$126,810	$60.97	70
9	Sales Managers in Alabama	$124,990	$60.09	140
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Alabama	$124,650	$59.93	100
11	Industrial Production Managers	$122,260	$58.78	90
12	Software Developers in Alabama	$121,320	$58.33	340
13	Physician Assistants	$112,610	$54.14	40
14	Marketing Managers	$107,340	$51.60	50
15	Managers, All Other in Alabama	$105,370	$50.66	40
16	Nurse Practitioners	$104,410	$50.20	**
17	Human Resources Managers	$103,910	$49.96	50
18	Electrical Engineers	$103,240	$49.64	60
19	Family Medicine Physicians	$101,990	$49.03	**
20	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$100,450	*	150

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Alabama	4,550	52.18	2.08	$29,600
2	Waiters and Waitresses in Alabama	3,120	35.79	2.45	$27,080
3	Cashiers in Alabama	2,680	30.71	1.55	$28,380
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Alabama	2,240	25.76	1.04	$23,000
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in Alabama	2,150	24.73	1.36	$34,770
6	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Alabama	1,820	20.89	1.90	$39,560
7	Registered Nurses in Alabama	1,770	20.27	0.93	$79,450
8	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Alabama	1,620	18.61	2.58	$44,890
9	Cooks, Restaurant in Alabama	1,600	18.40	2.03	$33,850
10	General and Operations Managers in Alabama	1,380	15.85	0.70	$100,260
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Alabama	1,330	15.31	1.08	$32,010
12	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Alabama	1,290	14.77	0.78	$37,310
13	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Alabama	1,280	14.73	1.87	$38,050
14	Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,190	13.70	4.06	$25,340
14	Food Preparation Workers in Alabama	1,190	13.63	2.37	$28,490
16	Customer Service Representatives in Alabama	1,110	12.69	0.76	$37,820
17	Cooks, Fast Food in Alabama	1,080	12.40	3.01	$28,000
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Alabama	1,070	12.34	1.25	$40,240
19	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Alabama	1,030	11.81	0.43	$28,570
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Alabama	1,000	11.50	1.30	$43,660

Most concentrated occupations in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	9.01	120	1.35	$48,500
2	Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	4.06	1,190	13.70	$25,340
3	Helpers--Electricians	3.95	140	1.62	$36,160
4	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	3.33	190	2.21	$43,640
5	Amusement and Recreation Attendants	3.02	670	7.72	$27,170
6	Cooks, Fast Food in Alabama	3.01	1,080	12.40	$28,000
7	Counter and Rental Clerks	3.00	670	7.74	$33,810
8	Pest Control Workers	2.89	170	1.91	$38,500
9	Real Estate Sales Agents	2.67	290	3.32	*
10	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.63	380	4.42	$28,740

Occupation groups in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$95,190	$109,240	4,210	48.27	0.67
Architecture and Engineering	$84,690	$92,380	920	10.62	0.63
Computer and Mathematical	$80,860	$93,430	1,010	11.56	0.34
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$73,200	$88,410	5,190	59.60	0.94
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$65,790	$73,030	320	3.73	0.39
Business and Financial Operations	$65,490	$74,950	3,040	34.86	0.51
Legal	$60,860	$73,150	530	6.04	0.72
Community and Social Service	$49,830	$53,080	710	8.10	0.47
Educational Instruction and Library	$49,510	$48,080	5,380	61.78	1.06
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$48,260	$54,080	4,670	53.59	1.37
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$47,380	$51,790	650	7.48	0.57
Construction and Extraction	$46,910	$50,210	4,160	47.76	1.16
Production	$43,830	$47,470	3,360	38.62	0.70
Protective Service	$43,490	$47,410	2,370	27.25	1.12
Office and Administrative Support	$38,800	$42,550	9,040	103.80	0.91
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,660	$42,430	70	0.84	0.30
Transportation and Material Moving	$36,260	$40,320	6,940	79.70	0.91
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$34,240	$35,780	3,480	39.94	1.37
Sales and Related	$33,790	$44,110	12,150	139.47	1.62
Healthcare Support	$33,700	$34,580	3,100	35.56	0.70
Personal Care and Service	$30,210	$32,920	2,540	29.11	1.39
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$28,110	$30,370	13,270	152.32	1.73

Every occupation in Alabama, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 269 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL estimates (area 19300).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.