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Highest Paying Jobs in Alabama

The highest paying job in Alabama is anesthesiologist, with an average salary of $376,440 a year, followed by general internal medicine physician ($294,500) and pediatrician ($237,810). All 490 jobs in Alabama below are ranked by average pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

#1 Anesthesiologist $376,440 average a year #2 General internal medicine physician $294,500 average a year #3 Pediatrician $237,810 average a year

Highest Paying Jobs in Alabama, ranked

of 490 jobs match.

# Job Average Median
1 Anesthesiologist Healthcare Practitioners $376,440 $392,350
2 General internal medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $294,500 $311,180
3 Pediatrician Healthcare Practitioners $237,810 $209,490
4 Obstetrician and gynecologist Healthcare Practitioners $208,080 $210,380
5 CEO Management $201,200 $166,420
6 Nurse anesthetist Healthcare Practitioners $189,120 $190,300
7 Family medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $169,720 $134,550
8 Architectural and engineering manager Management $167,150 $162,350
9 Financial manager Management $160,120 $140,500
10 Airline pilot Transportation and Material Moving $155,520 $136,990
11 Natural sciences manager Management $149,190 $133,470
12 Computer and information systems manager Management $148,000 $138,670
13 Physicist Science $147,580 $139,330
14 Lawyer Legal $146,630 $131,970
15 Computer hardware engineer Architecture and Engineering $138,870 $136,990
16 General and operations manager Management $137,760 $111,790
17 Optometrist Healthcare Practitioners $137,460 $145,090
18 Sales manager Management $136,400 $124,040
19 Marketing manager Management $135,310 $120,160
20 Training and development manager Management $135,190 $128,750
21 Law teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $134,540 $135,340
22 Financial advisor Business and Financial $132,860 $77,990
23 Pharmacist Healthcare Practitioners $132,750 $134,630
24 Purchasing manager Management $132,260 $130,710
25 Aerospace engineer Architecture and Engineering $131,910 $127,540
26 Industrial production manager Management $129,300 $122,520
27 Compensation and benefits manager Management $128,960 $118,470
28 Computer network architect Computer and Mathematical $128,680 $130,810
29 Electronics engineer Architecture and Engineering $126,500 $120,720
30 Electrical engineer Architecture and Engineering $126,380 $125,630
31 Facilities manager Management $126,100 $121,010
32 Human resources manager Management $125,490 $113,210
33 Computer and information research scientist Computer and Mathematical $124,970 $117,870
34 Transportation, storage, and distribution manager Management $124,700 $118,320
35 Chemical engineer Architecture and Engineering $124,470 $135,030
36 Actuary Computer and Mathematical $124,290 $136,950
37 Software developer Computer and Mathematical $122,840 $122,540
38 Sales engineer Sales $122,400 $104,410
39 Administrative services manager Management $120,610 $114,550
40 Veterinarian Healthcare Practitioners $120,170 $105,630
41 Information security analyst Computer and Mathematical $119,070 $122,730
42 Database architect Computer and Mathematical $118,790 $105,450
43 Operations research analyst Computer and Mathematical $117,850 $115,630
44 Air traffic controller Transportation and Material Moving $117,540 $114,960
45 Education administrator, postsecondary Management $116,790 $100,030
46 Management analyst Business and Financial $116,540 $108,040
47 Materials engineer Architecture and Engineering $114,610 $107,580
48 Health and safety engineer Architecture and Engineering $112,970 $105,490
49 Public relations manager Management $112,490 $98,210
50 Nurse practitioner Healthcare Practitioners $110,970 $105,750

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). State pages rank jobs by average (mean) salary, which BLS publishes for every job in every state; a dash means it did not publish the median. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.

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About the Highest Paying Jobs

Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.

How to use it

  1. 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
  2. 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
  3. 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
  4. 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the highest paying job in Alabama?

Anesthesiologist pays the most, with an average salary of $376,440 a year. The top three are anesthesiologist ($376,440), general internal medicine physician ($294,500), pediatrician ($237,810).

How many jobs in Alabama pay over $100,000?

75 of the 490 jobs in Alabama have an average salary of $100,000 or more a year.

Which well-paid job in Alabama has the most openings?

Registered nurse employs the most people among the best-paid jobs there, with about 54,340 workers and an average salary of $77,020. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.

Do jobs pay more in Alabama?

Pay is usually higher where living costs are higher, so compare a salary with rent and taxes as well. Each job’s page shows its pay in every state, and the take-home pay calculator shows a salary after state tax.