Alabama · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Alabama
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Alabama, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 215,200 people in Alabama worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $54,430.
Employment in production occupations in Alabama grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.8× as concentrated in Alabama as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.83). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Alabama are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 215,200Employment, 2025
- $54,430Mean annual wage
- 10.2%Share of Alabama jobs
- 1.83Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 227,300; 2005 233,900; 2006 237,300; 2007 232,700; 2008 223,700; 2009 195,300; 2010 189,600; 2011 191,500; 2012 196,500; 2013 200,600; 2014 204,400; 2015 208,900; 2016 210,900; 2017 213,000; 2018 215,800; 2019 214,100; 2020 201,200; 2021 202,300; 2022 209,000; 2023 213,200; 2024 216,300; 2025 215,200.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 215,157 | $54,430 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 216,311 | $51,899 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 213,179 | $49,355 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 208,956 | $47,289 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 202,265 | $44,354 | 0.5% |
| 2020 | 201,167 | $42,406 | 6.0% |
| 2019 | 214,100 | $40,195 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 215,774 | $38,790 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 213,003 | $37,584 | 1.0% |
| 2016 | 210,864 | $36,892 | 0.9% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in Alabama, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in Alabama. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.