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Etowah County · Alabama · United States

What trades pay in Etowah County

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

$914 Median weekly pay across these 28 trades. $2,495 — $308.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 3 businesses · 47 employees$2,495$129,760 a year+17.1%up
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 108 businesses · 1,227 employees$1,781$92,627 a year+4.1%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 8 businesses · 42 employees$1,437$74,725 a year+12.4%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 9 businesses · 384 employees$1,252$65,102 a year-1.0%down
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 18 businesses · 105 employees$1,210$62,926 a year+16.9%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 15 businesses · 383 employees$1,184$61,557 a year+2.9%up
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 12 businesses · 75 employees$1,179$61,328 a year+3.5%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 30 businesses · 253 employees$1,082$56,240 a year+3.2%up
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 13 businesses · 178 employees$1,050$54,594 a year+3.6%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 71 businesses · 485 employees$1,030$53,564 a year+7.6%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 11 businesses · 118 employees$1,026$53,328 a year-4.5%down
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 10 businesses · 50 employees$1,025$53,303 a year-2.3%down
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 10 businesses · 166 employees$955$49,662 a year+10.3%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 15 businesses · 448 employees$914$47,511 a year+0.6%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 11 businesses · 41 employees$913$47,492 a year+9.2%up
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 46 businesses · 138 employees$842$43,784 a year-1.2%down
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 22 businesses · 137 employees$841$43,713 a year-3.7%down
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 21 businesses · 105 employees$800$41,623 a year+3.4%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 7 businesses · 747 employees$782$40,671 a year+2.8%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 18 businesses · 83 employees$590$30,683 a year+18.0%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 15 businesses · 783 employees$543$28,249 a year-2.3%down
Security guards and patrolNAICS 561612 · 5 businesses · 20 employees$526$27,342 a year+151.7%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 17 businesses · 20 employees$521$27,113 a year+25.2%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 18 businesses · 227 employees$462$23,999 a year-6.3%down
Snack and coffee shopsNAICS 722515 · 15 businesses · 83 employees$440$22,856 a year+21.2%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 59 businesses · 1,271 employees$404$21,001 a year+3.3%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 100 businesses · 1,836 employees$374$19,466 a year+3.9%up
Retail bakeriesNAICS 311811 · 5 businesses · 16 employees$308$16,012 a year-16.1%down

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

Businesses7,178
Employees99,233
Annual payroll$4 M
Net movement of people+247People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

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

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 Etowah County?
Across the 28 trades on this page, the middle one pays $914 a week. The highest pays $2,495 and the lowest $308.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Etowah 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.