Decatur Employment

Employment and Industries in the Decatur, Alabama Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Decatur than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Decatur.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Decatur.
A list of any large public companies in Decatur.

Most Popular Jobs in Decatur, Alabama Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	850	45,000	$31,580 - 59,160	24%	56%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	810	42,570	$33,770 - 50,720	14%	95%
3	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	630	47,430	$26,970 - 74,540	8%	51%
4	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	550	42,550	$33,210 - 50,510	6%	96%
5	Accountants and auditors	330	45,920	$29,560 - 65,110	18%	79%
6	Pharmacists	170	81,440	$33,830 - 114,040	22%	97%
7	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	100	73,090	$53,760 - 93,110	8%	78%
8	Financial managers	100	73,850	$47,810 - 111,350	13%	60%
9	Mechanical engineers	100	68,450	$35,740 - 115,730	4%	78%
10	Industrial engineers	90	72,850	$44,710 - 110,620	20%	74%
11	Lawyers	90	98,490	$47,300 - 0	11%	99%
12	Child, family, and school social workers	90	35,000	$24,950 - 50,740	19%	77%
13	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	80	32,960	$11,850 - 66,080	17%	56%
14	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	80	43,980	$37,100 - 53,800	20%	87%
15	Chief executives	80	135,990	$68,420 - 0	2%	65%
16	Librarians	70	42,570	$21,340 - 55,790	4%	85%
17	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	70	28,850	$21,070 - 41,740	15%	51%
18	Medical and public health social workers	70	37,520	$27,720 - 51,060	24%	77%
19	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	70	52,640	$41,680 - 62,920	13%	73%
20	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	60	47,130	$37,890 - 59,500	0%	96%
21	Engineering managers	60	80,190	$42,910 - 117,520	7%	84%
22	Sales managers	60	82,710	$39,600 - 0	10%	69%
23	Social and human service assistants	50	32,050	$18,500 - 47,160	34%	58%
24	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	50	39,740	$18,640 - 60,370	18%	56%
25	Managers, all other	50	51,780	$11,990 - 110,190	7%	55%
26	Medical and health services managers	50	83,480	$44,930 - 139,290	16%	57%
27	Advertising sales agents	40	43,970	$18,810 - 71,710	20%	56%
28	Special education teachers, secondary school	40	43,000	$37,420 - 50,220	9%	87%
29	Electrical engineers	40	73,020	$42,680 - 100,550	6%	81%
30	Training and development specialists	30	40,620	$21,350 - 57,580	18%	56%
31	Environmental engineers	30	90,840	$62,860 - 0	25%	86%
32	Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	30	84,900	$14,600 - 0	5%	99%
33	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	30	40,230	$27,420 - 56,440	25%	93%
34	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	30	63,950	$25,530 - 108,030	12%	51%
35	Computer systems analysts	30	63,390	$42,430 - 87,870	29%	68%
36	Physical therapists	30	72,510	$47,130 - 113,240	27%	89%
37	Computer software engineers, applications	30	62,360	$41,730 - 91,660	45%	85%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,850	22,980	$12,720 - 37,630	12%	25%
2	Team assemblers	1,840	19,830	$12,280 - 29,290	0%	5%
3	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,590	37,340	$20,390 - 61,140	10%	4%
4	Cashiers	1,450	15,500	$11,760 - 20,800	-2%	10%
5	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,300	13,540	$11,510 - 16,890	18%	5%
6	Office clerks, general	1,010	21,070	$14,700 - 29,520	13%	19%
7	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	950	20,490	$13,400 - 28,690	2%	5%
8	Helpers--production workers	890	29,970	$18,770 - 47,710	0%	4%
9	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	870	25,060	$16,910 - 34,410	1%	18%
10	Maintenance and repair workers, general	860	39,020	$22,450 - 55,900	10%	6%
11	General and operations managers	800	78,280	$37,520 - 143,550	2%	48%
12	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	740	25,700	$15,510 - 42,720	-4%	5%
13	Waiters and waitresses	690	14,070	$11,510 - 20,590	11%	14%
14	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	680	17,390	$12,660 - 22,700	15%	4%
15	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	630	37,540	$23,620 - 57,560	6%	29%
16	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	620	26,360	$17,040 - 36,250	13%	16%
17	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	600	54,110	$27,140 - 92,730	-4%	15%
18	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	590	31,510	$17,300 - 46,160	4%	25%
19	Customer service representatives	540	26,150	$17,030 - 36,520	25%	22%
20	Stock clerks and order fillers	540	20,560	$14,520 - 28,370	-7%	8%
21	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	510	22,640	$14,560 - 33,980	11%	14%
22	Cooks, fast food	500	13,240	$11,530 - 15,930	8%	5%
23	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	500	29,590	$18,920 - 42,660	5%	2%
24	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	470	19,110	$15,360 - 23,290	18%	7%
25	Industrial truck and tractor operators	420	24,090	$16,840 - 33,180	-1%	2%
26	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	420	27,120	$14,080 - 49,500	8%	4%
27	Packers and packagers, hand	410	20,410	$13,120 - 23,610	-11%	3%
28	Teacher assistants	370	16,960	$12,500 - 19,890	10%	18%
29	Food preparation workers	370	15,800	$11,610 - 22,240	15%	7%
30	Tellers	350	21,090	$16,120 - 28,570	14%	16%
31	Personal and home care aides	350	16,160	$12,170 - 20,700	51%	10%
32	Construction laborers	350	27,520	$17,050 - 45,090	11%	5%
33	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	350	30,300	$22,040 - 39,190	14%	7%
34	Machinists	330	31,670	$17,820 - 43,720	-2%	3%
35	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	320	51,570	$31,230 - 81,950	7%	13%
36	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	320	24,880	$19,610 - 29,330	-14%	0%
37	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	300	36,180	$23,730 - 50,160	11%	33%
38	Electricians	300	34,900	$27,140 - 44,780	7%	7%
39	Security guards	300	17,640	$11,850 - 22,890	17%	13%
40	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	290	23,840	$12,650 - 41,180	-6%	14%
41	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	280	26,970	$16,320 - 42,810	4%	6%
42	Chemical plant and system operators	270	49,350	$41,650 - 56,940	-14%	7%
43	Carpenters	270	30,300	$22,070 - 40,500	10%	6%
44	Receptionists and information clerks	270	19,490	$13,730 - 26,680	17%	13%
45	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	250	14,830	$11,660 - 19,550	13%	5%
46	Counter and rental clerks	250	19,110	$11,910 - 30,610	23%	16%
47	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	240	16,080	$11,950 - 21,110	11%	5%
48	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	240	22,700	$13,750 - 40,250	18%	6%
49	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	230	25,170	$17,370 - 34,630	4%	15%
50	Cooks, short order	220	16,890	$12,270 - 24,180	5%	5%
51	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	220	35,570	$27,280 - 45,030	11%	4%
52	Structural metal fabricators and fitters	210	28,830	$21,360 - 38,180	0%	0%
53	Cooks, restaurant	210	20,390	$14,010 - 26,980	12%	5%
54	Industrial machinery mechanics	210	38,490	$25,390 - 65,670	9%	5%
55	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	200	29,530	$16,990 - 43,540	14%	4%
56	Driver/sales workers	190	30,530	$19,740 - 42,750	-4%	4%
57	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	190	33,830	$22,550 - 46,090	8%	3%
58	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	190	15,590	$11,850 - 19,460	10%	8%
59	Pharmacy technicians	190	21,850	$15,590 - 29,140	32%	16%
60	Helpers--electricians	180	25,160	$17,950 - 35,050	7%	3%
61	Bus drivers, school	180	13,040	$11,280 - 15,080	9%	4%
62	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	170	31,350	$23,710 - 39,380	12%	3%
63	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	170	38,270	$26,800 - 53,390	15%	18%
64	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	170	48,160	$25,770 - 70,820	10%	17%
65	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	170	39,820	$23,690 - 55,420	-4%	4%
66	Correctional officers and jailers	160	26,550	$19,530 - 38,460	17%	11%
67	Postal service mail carriers	160	45,090	$34,150 - 59,510	1%	11%
68	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	150	17,620	$12,510 - 22,640	14%	3%
69	Kindergarten teachers, except special education	140	45,400	$37,000 - 56,060	16%	43%
70	Cement masons and concrete finishers	140	27,290	$18,740 - 36,270	11%	2%
71	Dental laboratory technicians	140	28,190	$16,170 - 39,560	4%	12%
72	Medical assistants	140	21,530	$15,660 - 27,470	35%	10%
73	Home health aides	140	15,690	$11,690 - 21,230	49%	7%
74	Psychiatric aides	140	21,170	$14,350 - 27,030	0%	7%
75	Dental hygienists	130	36,200	$24,010 - 52,710	30%	33%
76	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	130	35,930	$22,960 - 54,060	4%	30%
77	Sheet metal workers	130	30,240	$20,790 - 40,390	7%	4%
78	Refuse and recyclable material collectors	130	23,510	$13,910 - 36,080	7%	3%
79	Maintenance workers, machinery	130	30,960	$19,760 - 44,340	0%	0%
80	Preschool teachers, except special education	130	22,290	$12,790 - 31,400	26%	43%
81	Millwrights	130	36,810	$30,620 - 44,670	6%	0%
82	Cost estimators	120	49,630	$26,720 - 83,800	19%	32%
83	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	120	14,180	$11,840 - 17,560	17%	14%
84	Loan interviewers and clerks	120	24,390	$18,280 - 33,980	0%	24%
85	Business operations specialists, all other	120	55,560	$32,480 - 90,900	21%	49%
86	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	120	28,980	$17,920 - 50,460	-12%	4%
87	Child care workers	120	13,670	$11,490 - 17,420	18%	15%
88	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	110	26,900	$18,090 - 40,930	-2%	6%
89	Construction managers	110	54,890	$35,060 - 80,230	16%	29%
90	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	110	67,540	$30,770 - 117,950	4%	38%
91	Medical secretaries	100	22,530	$15,860 - 29,620	17%	18%
92	Industrial production managers	100	82,440	$39,420 - 136,130	-5%	43%
93	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	100	33,560	$19,210 - 48,330	9%	3%
94	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	90	30,720	$18,880 - 47,610	10%	24%
95	Legal secretaries	90	32,590	$25,560 - 41,280	12%	18%
96	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	90	29,530	$20,290 - 37,800	3%	18%
97	Dental assistants	90	36,880	$13,180 - 49,880	29%	9%
98	Insurance sales agents	90	47,260	$25,030 - 75,720	13%	45%
99	Dishwashers	90	15,000	$11,830 - 18,820	10%	3%
100	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	90	17,440	$13,470 - 22,720	10%	5%

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Jobs More Common Near Decatur Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Chemical plant and system operators	49,350	270	25.8
Millwrights	36,810	130	12.9
Psychiatric aides	21,170	140	11.8
Dental laboratory technicians	28,190	140	10.5
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	28,830	210	7
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	25,700	740	5.9
Maintenance workers, machinery	30,960	130	5.6
Helpers--electricians	25,160	180	5.5
Helpers--production workers	29,970	890	5.4
Team assemblers	19,830	1,840	4.8
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	29,590	500	4.3
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	39,820	170	4.1
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	28,980	120	4.1
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	23,510	130	4.1
Cooks, short order	16,890	220	3.8
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,880	320	3.7
Kindergarten teachers, except special education	45,400	140	3.1
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	37,340	1,590	2.9
Industrial machinery mechanics	38,490	210	2.7
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	54,110	600	2.6
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	26,900	110	2.6
Machinists	31,670	330	2.6
Cooks, fast food	13,240	500	2.6
Correctional officers and jailers	26,550	160	2.2
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	48,160	170	2.2
Dental hygienists	36,200	130	2.2
Sheet metal workers	30,240	130	2.2
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	16,080	240	2.1
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,570	320	2
Pharmacists	81,440	170	2
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	31,350	170	2
Industrial truck and tractor operators	24,090	420	2
Personal and home care aides	16,160	350	1.9
Pharmacy technicians	21,850	190	1.9
Maintenance and repair workers, general	39,020	860	1.9
Industrial production managers	82,440	100	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	22,640	510	1.8
Cement masons and concrete finishers	27,290	140	1.8
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	23,840	290	1.8
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	36,180	300	1.8
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	14,180	120	1.8
Tellers	21,090	350	1.7
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	42,550	550	1.7
Elementary school teachers, except special education	42,570	810	1.7
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	73,090	100	1.6
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	33,830	190	1.5
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,540	1,300	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	31,510	590	1.5
Counter and rental clerks	19,110	250	1.5
Packers and packagers, hand	20,410	410	1.5

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Decatur, Alabama Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Helpers--production workers	29,970	1.34	890
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	39,820	1.31	170
Driver/sales workers	30,530	1.24	190
Maintenance and repair workers, general	39,020	1.2	860
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	54,110	1.08	600
Packers and packagers, hand	20,410	1.07	410
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	38,270	1.06	170
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	37,340	1.06	1,590
Chemical plant and system operators	49,350	1.04	270
Postal service mail carriers	45,090	1.03	160
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	27,120	1.03	420
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	28,980	1.03	120
Kindergarten teachers, except special education	45,400	1.02	140
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	25,700	1.02	740
Business operations specialists, all other	55,560	1.02	120
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	22,700	1.01	240
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	26,970	1.01	280
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	67,540	1.01	110
Cooks, restaurant	20,390	1.01	210
Helpers--electricians	25,160	1	180
Retail salespersons	22,980	0.98	1,850
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	48,160	0.98	170
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	15,590	0.96	190
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,570	0.96	320
Construction laborers	27,520	0.95	350
Tellers	21,090	0.95	350
Cost estimators	49,630	0.94	120
Preschool teachers, except special education	22,290	0.93	130
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,560	0.93	540
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	35,930	0.93	130
Customer service representatives	26,150	0.92	540
Cooks, short order	16,890	0.92	220
Industrial machinery mechanics	38,490	0.92	210
Elementary school teachers, except special education	42,570	0.91	810
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	25,060	0.91	870
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	20,490	0.91	950
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	17,620	0.9	150
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,880	0.9	320
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,170	0.89	230
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	29,590	0.89	500
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	28,830	0.89	210
Machinists	31,670	0.89	330
Office clerks, general	21,070	0.89	1,010
Cashiers	15,500	0.88	1,450
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	42,550	0.88	550
Food preparation workers	15,800	0.88	370
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	47,430	0.88	630
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	26,360	0.88	620
Pharmacists	81,440	0.87	170
Receptionists and information clerks	19,490	0.87	270

Highest Paying Jobs in Decatur, Alabama Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	135,990	80
Surgeons	117,840
Lawyers	98,490	90
Environmental engineers	90,840	30
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	84,900	30
Medical and health services managers	83,480	50
Sales managers	82,710	60
Industrial production managers	82,440	100
Pharmacists	81,440	170
Engineering managers	80,190	60
General and operations managers	78,280	800
Financial managers	73,850	100
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	73,090	100
Electrical engineers	73,020	40
Industrial engineers	72,850	90
Physical therapists	72,510	30
Mechanical engineers	68,450	100
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	67,540	110
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	64,390	30
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	64,310	40
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	63,950	30
Computer systems analysts	63,390	30
Computer software engineers, applications	62,360	30
Business operations specialists, all other	55,560	120
Construction managers	54,890	110
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	54,110	600
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	53,290	40
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	52,640	70
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other	52,370	60
Managers, all other	51,780	50
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,570	320
Cost estimators	49,630	120
Chemical plant and system operators	49,350	270
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	48,160	170
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	47,590	40
Industrial engineering technicians	47,550	40
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	47,540	90
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	47,430	630
Insurance sales agents	47,260	90
Vocational education teachers, secondary school	47,130	60
Accountants and auditors	45,920	330
Kindergarten teachers, except special education	45,400	140
Postal service mail carriers	45,090	160
Registered nurses	45,000	850
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	43,980	80
Advertising sales agents	43,970	40
Physical therapist assistants	43,460	60
Loan officers	43,310	90
Special education teachers, secondary school	43,000	40
Elementary school teachers, except special education	42,570	810

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