Dothan Employment

Employment and Industries in the Dothan, 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 Dothan than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Dothan.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Dothan.
A list of any large public companies in Dothan.

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	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	810	43,720	$25,320 - 70,860	8%	51%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	510	38,510	$30,700 - 46,560	14%	95%
3	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	500	40,810	$32,880 - 49,120	6%	96%
4	Accountants and auditors	360	56,070	$31,450 - 102,860	18%	79%
5	Pharmacists	300	83,500	$42,120 - 111,550	22%	97%
6	Medical and health services managers	210	89,180	$54,540 - 119,480	16%	57%
7	Legislators	200	14,020	$11,420 - 19,170	1%	65%
8	Social and human service assistants	150	21,180	$12,260 - 31,900	34%	58%
9	Sales managers	140	72,590	$41,100 - 102,250	10%	69%
10	Financial managers	130	71,690	$37,980 - 120,050	13%	60%
11	Chief executives	130	113,980	$76,710 - 0	2%	65%
12	Graphic designers	120	29,800	$17,130 - 38,730	10%	55%
13	Child, family, and school social workers	120	35,020	$25,520 - 51,000	19%	77%
14	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	100	58,410	$48,190 - 74,070	8%	78%
15	Network and computer systems administrators	90	50,640	$30,310 - 71,760	27%	50%
16	Managers, all other	90	54,600	$37,380 - 95,270	7%	55%
17	Medical and public health social workers	90	32,200	$24,570 - 44,130	24%	77%
18	Librarians	80	35,400	$25,880 - 46,430	4%	85%
19	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	80	38,230	$30,300 - 46,150	20%	87%
20	Special education teachers, secondary school	70	42,820	$35,130 - 52,210	9%	87%
21	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	60	50,380	$13,070 - 72,030	17%	56%
22	Physical therapists	60	76,770	$56,110 - 100,260	27%	89%
23	Coaches and scouts	60	40,520	$13,370 - 57,710	15%	60%
24	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	50	39,880	$27,820 - 54,140	5%	58%
25	Civil engineers	50	61,840	$41,760 - 85,620	18%	87%
26	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	50	47,780	$39,180 - 59,180	13%	73%
27	Social and community service managers	40	40,150	$21,780 - 57,170	25%	72%
28	Computer programmers	40	52,330	$33,370 - 73,070	0%	73%
29	Computer and information systems managers	40	90,480	$52,030 - 141,370	16%	73%
30	Network systems and data communications analysts	40	57,660	$38,940 - 79,630	53%	57%
31	Computer systems analysts	40	49,630	$31,110 - 67,380	29%	68%
32	Public relations specialists	40	30,430	$22,350 - 38,360	18%	81%
33	Rehabilitation counselors	30	41,040	$25,640 - 64,420	23%	73%
34	Personal financial advisors	30	85,480	$53,310 - 0	41%	81%
35	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	30	39,260	$22,000 - 56,020	18%	56%
36	Floral designers	30	18,590	$14,010 - 27,160	0%	55%
37	Merchandise displayers and window trimmers	30	21,850	$17,120 - 28,100	11%	55%

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	2,090	20,510	$12,450 - 31,810	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,730	14,800	$11,800 - 18,930	-2%	10%
3	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,390	35,430	$19,690 - 57,860	10%	4%
4	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	1,280	31,820	$24,160 - 37,260	14%	7%
5	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,280	13,560	$11,490 - 16,890	18%	5%
6	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	1,260	24,480	$17,110 - 33,210	1%	18%
7	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,200	18,070	$12,270 - 25,360	2%	5%
8	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	1,150	20,000	$15,290 - 27,550	18%	7%
9	Office clerks, general	1,110	19,160	$12,750 - 27,920	13%	19%
10	Waiters and waitresses	1,030	14,520	$11,570 - 20,150	11%	14%
11	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	1,010	31,350	$19,350 - 47,950	4%	25%
12	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	980	24,730	$15,800 - 35,820	13%	16%
13	General and operations managers	930	73,860	$33,430 - 143,010	2%	48%
14	Stock clerks and order fillers	850	18,480	$12,470 - 25,780	-7%	8%
15	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	700	38,220	$23,000 - 58,380	6%	29%
16	Maintenance and repair workers, general	630	27,690	$14,020 - 42,340	10%	6%
17	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	610	17,670	$12,560 - 23,040	15%	4%
18	Team assemblers	580	22,980	$17,290 - 29,080	0%	5%
19	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	570	27,050	$14,250 - 44,060	8%	4%
20	Customer service representatives	550	23,140	$14,080 - 31,500	25%	22%
21	Cooks, restaurant	540	16,410	$12,010 - 22,200	12%	5%
22	Construction laborers	460	20,670	$15,230 - 28,850	11%	5%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	440	39,090	$24,200 - 58,440	7%	13%
24	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	430	14,800	$11,630 - 20,590	13%	5%
25	Counter and rental clerks	430	17,550	$11,910 - 23,990	23%	16%
26	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	420	46,510	$23,790 - 85,550	-4%	15%
27	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	420	26,890	$15,310 - 42,030	11%	14%
28	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	390	38,850	$22,900 - 57,340	9%	10%
29	Cooks, fast food	390	14,020	$11,530 - 17,900	8%	5%
30	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	380	32,170	$18,930 - 50,210	14%	4%
31	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	380	17,570	$13,360 - 23,480	-4%	5%
32	Carpenters	380	30,910	$16,080 - 49,050	10%	6%
33	Medical secretaries	380	22,040	$18,800 - 27,630	17%	18%
34	Receptionists and information clerks	380	19,910	$14,510 - 25,330	17%	13%
35	Child care workers	360	13,710	$11,490 - 17,100	18%	15%
36	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	350	32,710	$22,230 - 45,800	11%	33%
37	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	350	25,130	$18,400 - 34,240	4%	15%
38	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	340	21,350	$15,070 - 29,680	4%	6%
39	Tellers	330	20,120	$16,090 - 27,040	14%	16%
40	Teacher assistants	330	15,690	$12,160 - 19,010	10%	18%
41	Electricians	320	32,500	$22,840 - 40,370	7%	7%
42	Industrial truck and tractor operators	320	23,380	$17,000 - 31,540	-1%	2%
43	Food preparation workers	300	15,530	$11,800 - 21,010	15%	7%
44	Production workers, all other	300	19,090	$12,360 - 30,540	2%	5%
45	Bus drivers, school	290	12,610	$11,340 - 14,340	9%	4%
46	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	280	19,730	$12,190 - 35,250	12%	0%
47	Medical assistants	280	22,880	$15,310 - 31,990	35%	10%
48	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	280	19,630	$13,320 - 26,260	18%	6%
49	Driver/sales workers	270	23,230	$13,560 - 32,040	-4%	4%
50	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	260	15,520	$11,980 - 19,670	11%	5%
51	Parts salespersons	260	23,360	$15,980 - 33,480	-1%	6%
52	Pharmacy technicians	260	21,840	$15,610 - 28,680	32%	16%
53	Helpers--production workers	240	18,710	$12,550 - 26,250	0%	4%
54	Order clerks	240	24,770	$14,770 - 35,140	-23%	16%
55	Packers and packagers, hand	220	17,820	$12,070 - 24,110	-11%	3%
56	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	220	22,910	$15,740 - 34,670	4%	30%
57	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	220	25,620	$18,120 - 31,470	5%	2%
58	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	210	24,280	$17,840 - 29,950	-14%	0%
59	Dishwashers	200	14,430	$11,620 - 18,150	10%	3%
60	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	200	35,780	$30,080 - 45,260	15%	18%
61	Home health aides	200	17,410	$13,720 - 22,090	49%	7%
62	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	180	34,450	$21,150 - 48,680	11%	4%
63	Medical records and health information technicians	180	20,280	$13,090 - 29,090	18%	12%
64	Postal service mail carriers	180	43,400	$32,930 - 58,590	1%	11%
65	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	180	54,700	$33,590 - 80,510	4%	38%
66	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	180	15,760	$11,790 - 22,030	10%	8%
67	Sales representatives, services, all other	170	39,280	$17,920 - 67,850	28%	48%
68	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	160	32,290	$22,220 - 43,080	12%	3%
69	Refuse and recyclable material collectors	160	19,780	$12,850 - 26,630	7%	3%
70	Helpers--electricians	160	21,310	$15,720 - 28,980	7%	3%
71	Bill and account collectors	150	25,170	$19,040 - 32,810	23%	13%
72	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	150	16,250	$12,230 - 21,580	14%	3%
73	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	140	40,600	$26,310 - 58,640	10%	17%
74	Dental hygienists	140	37,750	$27,840 - 45,950	30%	33%
75	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	140	32,110	$23,270 - 44,660	8%	3%
76	Dental assistants	130	28,490	$18,160 - 41,840	29%	9%
77	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	130	16,170	$11,940 - 22,230	10%	5%
78	Switchboard operators, including answering service	130	19,170	$15,280 - 24,910	-7%	10%
79	Medical transcriptionists	130	25,000	$20,480 - 29,220	14%	10%
80	Automotive body and related repairers	120	33,750	$24,220 - 45,200	12%	3%
81	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	120	14,460	$11,590 - 17,740	10%	17%
82	Legal secretaries	120	25,060	$17,890 - 31,480	12%	18%
83	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	120	26,010	$18,630 - 34,590	3%	18%
84	Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	120	23,400	$16,850 - 31,190	-7%	28%
85	Structural metal fabricators and fitters	120	26,710	$18,410 - 36,370	0%	0%
86	Amusement and recreation attendants	120	13,900	$11,560 - 17,100	24%	22%
87	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	120	21,700	$15,950 - 29,050	-12%	4%
88	Protective service workers, all other	110	19,930	$14,800 - 23,120	13%	31%
89	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	110	14,850	$11,750 - 19,490	17%	14%
90	Loan interviewers and clerks	100	24,780	$20,750 - 29,800	0%	24%
91	File clerks	100	19,310	$12,020 - 29,170	-40%	20%
92	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	100	23,080	$16,490 - 29,830	6%	0%
93	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	90	24,240	$15,840 - 35,260	14%	11%
94	Kindergarten teachers, except special education	90	38,970	$30,150 - 46,740	16%	43%
95	Sheet metal workers	90	32,730	$20,560 - 48,630	7%	4%
96	Painters, construction and maintenance	90	28,620	$17,050 - 51,110	12%	6%
97	Cost estimators	90	40,350	$23,000 - 67,950	19%	32%
98	All other information and record clerks	90	23,840	$15,540 - 39,820	-12%	21%
99	Computer support specialists	90	27,340	$17,440 - 38,700	13%	43%
100	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	90	43,130	$24,240 - 78,580	0%	42%

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Jobs More Common Near Dothan Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Legislators	14,020	200	15.2
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	23,400	120	6.2
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,820	1,280	5
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	19,730	280	4.8
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	19,780	160	4.7
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	23,080	100	4.6
Helpers--electricians	21,310	160	4.6
Protective service workers, all other	19,930	110	4.5
Medical transcriptionists	25,000	130	4.5
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	21,700	120	3.8
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	26,710	120	3.8
Production workers, all other	19,090	300	3.5
Pharmacists	83,500	300	3.3
Parts salespersons	23,360	260	3.1
Medical records and health information technicians	20,280	180	3
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	17,570	380	2.9
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	39,090	440	2.6
Medical secretaries	22,040	380	2.5
Order clerks	24,770	240	2.5
Pharmacy technicians	21,840	260	2.4
Counter and rental clerks	17,550	430	2.4
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	31,350	1,010	2.4
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	35,430	1,390	2.4
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,000	1,150	2.4
Medical and health services managers	89,180	210	2.4
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,280	210	2.3
Dental hygienists	37,750	140	2.2
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	15,520	260	2.1
Bus drivers, school	12,610	290	2.1
Automotive body and related repairers	33,750	120	2.1
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	22,910	220	2
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	32,710	350	2
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	24,480	1,260	1.9
Switchboard operators, including answering service	19,170	130	1.9
Cooks, fast food	14,020	390	1.9
Driver/sales workers	23,230	270	1.8
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	25,620	220	1.8
Cooks, restaurant	16,410	540	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	38,850	390	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,510	420	1.7
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	32,290	160	1.7
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,130	350	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	40,600	140	1.7
Medical assistants	22,880	280	1.7
Child care workers	13,710	360	1.6
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,170	130	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	54,700	180	1.6
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	26,010	120	1.6
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	27,050	570	1.6
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	32,170	380	1.6

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

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Medical and health services managers	89,180	1.15	210
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	27,050	1.02	570
Accountants and auditors	56,070	1.02	360
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	35,430	1.01	1,390
Postal service mail carriers	43,400	0.99	180
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	35,780	0.99	200
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	15,760	0.97	180
Dental assistants	28,490	0.95	130
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,890	0.94	420
Driver/sales workers	23,230	0.94	270
Packers and packagers, hand	17,820	0.94	220
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,510	0.93	420
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	32,170	0.93	380
Dishwashers	14,430	0.92	200
Order clerks	24,770	0.92	240
Child, family, and school social workers	35,020	0.91	120
Tellers	20,120	0.9	330
Team assemblers	22,980	0.9	580
Automotive body and related repairers	33,750	0.9	120
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,000	0.9	1,150
Pharmacists	83,500	0.89	300
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	14,460	0.89	120
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,130	0.89	350
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	24,480	0.89	1,260
Receptionists and information clerks	19,910	0.89	380
Cooks, fast food	14,020	0.88	390
Home health aides	17,410	0.88	200
Waiters and waitresses	14,520	0.88	1,030
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,220	0.88	700
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	19,630	0.88	280
Retail salespersons	20,510	0.88	2,090
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	32,290	0.88	160
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,280	0.87	210
Medical assistants	22,880	0.87	280
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,170	0.87	130
Bill and account collectors	25,170	0.87	150
Food preparation workers	15,530	0.87	300
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,820	0.86	1,280
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,560	0.86	1,280
Switchboard operators, including answering service	19,170	0.85	130
Maintenance and repair workers, general	27,690	0.85	630
Helpers--electricians	21,310	0.85	160
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	40,810	0.85	500
Carpenters	30,910	0.84	380
Cashiers	14,800	0.84	1,730
Stock clerks and order fillers	18,480	0.84	850
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	14,800	0.84	430
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	19,730	0.84	280
Helpers--production workers	18,710	0.84	240
Financial managers	71,690	0.83	130

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

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Surgeons	186,550	80
Family and general practitioners	163,900
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	118,220
Chief executives	113,980	130
Computer and information systems managers	90,480	40
Medical and health services managers	89,180	210
Personal financial advisors	85,480	30
Pharmacists	83,500	300
Physical therapists	76,770	60
Construction managers	75,960
General and operations managers	73,860	930
Sales managers	72,590	140
Financial managers	71,690	130
Industrial production managers	69,870	50
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	65,230	40
Civil engineers	61,840	50
Advertising sales agents	59,370
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	58,410	100
Administrative services managers	58,380	50
Network systems and data communications analysts	57,660	40
Accountants and auditors	56,070	360
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	54,700	180
Managers, all other	54,600	90
Computer programmers	52,330	40
Network and computer systems administrators	50,640	90
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	50,380	60
Loan officers	50,380	80
Computer systems analysts	49,630	40
Registered nurses	49,200
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	47,780	50
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,510	420
Real estate sales agents	45,820
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	45,080	70
Food service managers	45,010	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	43,720	810
Postal service mail carriers	43,400	180
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	43,130	90
Special education teachers, secondary school	42,820	70
Rehabilitation counselors	41,040	30
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	40,810	500
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	40,600	140
Coaches and scouts	40,520	60
Cost estimators	40,350	90
Postal service clerks	40,330	30
Social and community service managers	40,150	40
Respiratory therapists	40,130
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	39,880	50
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	39,800
Business operations specialists, all other	39,760	70
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	39,720	40

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