What is the average weekly pay in Cherokee County?

Across the 10 trades on this page, the middle one pays $849 a week. The highest pays $1,352 and the lowest $310.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Cherokee County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.

Why is my trade not listed?

The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.

Cherokee County · Alabama · United States

What trades pay in Cherokee County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Cherokee County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$849 Median weekly pay across these 10 trades. $1,352 — $310.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 12 businesses · 92 employees	$1,352$70,326 a year	+7.9%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 14 businesses · 66 employees	$1,300$67,613 a year	-0.1%flat
Specialized freight trucking, long-distanceNAICS 484230 · 4 businesses · 7 employees	$1,056$54,933 a year	+15.7%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 8 businesses · 8 employees	$934$48,550 a year	-13.4%down
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 4 businesses · 20 employees	$849$44,160 a year	+9.1%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 5 businesses · 13 employees	$778$40,461 a year	+5.4%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 5 businesses · 14 employees	$627$32,624 a year	-6.6%down
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 6 businesses · 48 employees	$462$24,005 a year	-8.2%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 12 businesses · 225 employees	$357$18,580 a year	-1.9%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 13 businesses · 239 employees	$310$16,113 a year	+4.0%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses1,114

Employees9,688

Annual payroll$310,416

Net movement of people+355People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Cherokee County. Same trade, different pay.

Other flows - Different State300
Other flows - South269
Etowah County153
Other flows - Same State138

Other counties in Alabama

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Cherokee County?: Across the 10 trades on this page, the middle one pays $849 a week. The highest pays $1,352 and the lowest $310.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Cherokee County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?: The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.