Montgomery, AL

Across all occupations in the Montgomery, AL metropolitan area, the median wage is $44,950 a year ($21.61 an hour) and the mean $55,740, May 2025. That median is −12% against the US median of $50,980 and −2% against Alabama's $45,670. BLS counts 165,550 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.

All occupations: Montgomery, AL vs Alabama and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Montgomery, AL area, Alabama and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Montgomery, AL	Hourly	$12.31	$15.02	$21.61	$30.95	$47.10	$26.80	165,550
Montgomery, AL	Annual	$25,600	$31,240	$44,950	$64,370	$97,960	$55,740	165,550
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.

373 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 Montgomery, AL

Rank	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 in Alabama	$134,810	$64.81	570
6	Computer Hardware Engineers	$134,190	$64.51	40
7	Financial Managers in Alabama	$131,570	$63.25	650
8	Lawyers in Alabama	$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 in Alabama	$116,170	$55.85	370
14	Information Security Analysts	$113,270	$54.46	220
15	Software Developers in Alabama	$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	**
19	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$108,760	$52.29	80
20	General and Operations Managers in Alabama	$107,980	$51.91	2,230

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 Montgomery, AL

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Alabama	7,410	44.78	4.96	$45,380
2	Retail Salespersons in Alabama	4,720	28.53	1.14	$29,650
3	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Alabama	4,060	24.54	2.24	$40,260
4	Registered Nurses in Alabama	3,990	24.09	1.11	$79,570
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in Alabama	3,780	22.82	1.25	$34,370
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Alabama	3,510	21.18	1.12	$37,370
7	Cashiers in Alabama	3,450	20.83	1.05	$28,330
8	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Alabama	3,170	19.15	0.77	$22,960
9	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alabama	2,540	15.34	1.16	$54,860
10	Accountants and Auditors in Alabama	2,530	15.31	1.64	$75,040
11	Customer Service Representatives in Alabama	2,500	15.11	0.91	$36,960
12	Waiters and Waitresses in Alabama	2,300	13.92	0.95	$26,360
13	General and Operations Managers in Alabama	2,230	13.47	0.60	$107,980
14	Cooks, Fast Food in Alabama	2,130	12.90	3.13	$27,650
15	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Alabama	2,120	12.81	0.90	$30,450
16	Nursing Assistants in Alabama	1,940	11.73	1.26	$35,210
17	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Alabama	1,790	10.83	0.39	$26,660
18	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Alabama	1,750	10.58	1.47	$45,480
19	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Alabama	1,690	10.20	1.10	$60,100
20	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Alabama	1,560	9.44	1.06	$59,610

Most concentrated occupations in Montgomery, 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	Database Administrators	6.57	490	2.96	$95,370
2	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.62	190	1.14	$40,050
3	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	5.47	250	1.49	$37,890
4	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Alabama	4.96	7,410	44.78	$45,380
5	Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4.63	280	1.69	$64,140
6	Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	4.13	300	1.82	$54,040
7	Environmental Engineers	3.99	160	0.99	$95,370
8	Computer Programmers	3.98	390	2.36	$97,710
9	Helpers--Electricians	3.26	220	1.33	$35,920
10	Cooks, Fast Food in Alabama	3.13	2,130	12.90	$27,650

Occupation groups in Montgomery, AL

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$101,650	$115,820	9,280	56.07	0.78
Computer and Mathematical	$93,080	$94,600	4,690	28.34	0.84
Architecture and Engineering	$80,790	$89,320	2,910	17.61	1.05
Legal	$77,320	$97,090	1,940	11.70	1.39
Business and Financial Operations	$72,490	$79,610	9,550	57.68	0.85
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$72,060	$89,100	10,460	63.19	1.00
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$69,000	$74,480	1,430	8.61	0.91
Educational Instruction and Library	$57,600	$54,840	7,770	46.96	0.80
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$54,230	$56,780	7,540	45.55	1.16
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$51,490	$60,310	1,800	10.90	0.83
Community and Social Service	$48,780	$54,100	2,470	14.93	0.87
Protective Service	$46,660	$49,600	5,260	31.79	1.31
Construction and Extraction	$46,630	$49,710	5,270	31.81	0.77
Production	$45,380	$48,470	16,960	102.45	1.86
Office and Administrative Support	$39,990	$43,970	18,780	113.45	0.99
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,580	$42,550	16,260	98.22	1.12
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$35,490	$40,760	380	2.28	0.81
Sales and Related	$33,680	$42,570	14,670	88.60	1.03
Healthcare Support	$32,290	$33,900	5,700	34.45	0.68
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$30,670	$33,110	4,160	25.16	0.86
Personal Care and Service	$28,250	$30,930	3,670	22.15	1.06
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$27,320	$28,620	14,590	88.11	1.00

Every occupation in Alabama, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 373 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 Montgomery, AL estimates (area 33860).

*: 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 Montgomery, 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.