Jobs in Alabama: pay, hiring and what a paycheck buys
Alabama has 1,331 open job postings from 193 employers in our data. 16.4% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $146,500 a year, 3.3% are remote and 23.8% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $146,500 posted salary in Alabama buys about what $165,000 buys in the average US state, because prices here run 11% below the national average.
Housing costs run 38% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
3.3% of postings are remote, 39th highest of 41 states.
Indeed's own count of job postings in the state is 33.8% above its February 2020 level.
16.4% of open job postings list a pay range, 32nd of 41 states.
Alabama compared with similar-sized states: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
1,331open postings from 193 employers
16.4%list a pay range
$146,500median posted pay
$45,500official median wage, all jobs (BLS)
3.6%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
91,000job openings, 2025-12 (BLS JOLTS), rate 4%
Pay transparency
Alabama has no statewide law requiring a pay range in job postings.
Prices in Alabama run 11% below the national average, and housing runs 38% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $45,500, which is worth $51,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $146,500 is worth $165,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Employers with the most openings
Leidos: 254 postings
Careers Hhsys: 52 postings
Careers I3 Corps: 51 postings
Kemper: 44 postings
Boxlunch: 33 postings
Federal government hiring
285 federal job announcements open to the public list Alabama, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $98,500. Agencies hiring most: United States Army Installation Management Command (27), Veterans Health Administration (25), Federal Aviation Administration (17), Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System (16), Air Force Civilian Career Training (15). Source: USAJOBS.
A posting that lists several states counts in each. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in Alabama. Methodology · All states (CSV)
