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Houston County · Alabama · United States

What trades pay in Houston County

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

$931 Median weekly pay across these 26 trades. $2,230 — $338.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 5 businesses · 126 employees$2,230$115,968 a year-5.1%down
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 112 businesses · 2,079 employees$2,114$109,953 a year-2.5%down
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 18 businesses · 178 employees$1,824$94,828 a year-5.2%down
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 13 businesses · 674 employees$1,518$78,957 a year-4.7%down
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 50 businesses · 426 employees$1,244$64,694 a year-1.6%down
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 17 businesses · 118 employees$1,224$63,633 a year+5.1%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 62 businesses · 792 employees$1,143$59,410 a year-0.2%flat
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 14 businesses · 342 employees$1,112$57,827 a year+1.3%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 21 businesses · 114 employees$1,022$53,158 a year+11.5%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 38 businesses · 192 employees$1,011$52,558 a year+4.0%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 58 businesses · 209 employees$1,011$52,573 a year+3.6%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 24 businesses · 89 employees$939$48,817 a year+1.4%up
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 17 businesses · 472 employees$931$48,416 a year-3.1%down
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 28 businesses · 284 employees$911$47,347 a year+4.7%up
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 9 businesses · 54 employees$898$46,713 a year+4.7%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 28 businesses · 47 employees$851$44,269 a year+9.9%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 10 businesses · 67 employees$848$44,118 a year-4.0%down
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 29 businesses · 192 employees$807$41,970 a year+11.8%up
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 10 businesses · 44 employees$802$41,685 a year+16.4%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 31 businesses · 195 employees$684$35,547 a year+0.9%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 80 businesses · 1,916 employees$479$24,886 a year+4.1%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 29 businesses · 270 employees$462$24,048 a year-8.9%down
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 17 businesses · 22 employees$452$23,502 a year+18.6%up
Retail bakeriesNAICS 311811 · 5 businesses · 18 employees$388$20,191 a year+4.6%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 134 businesses · 2,448 employees$360$18,735 a year+3.4%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 21 businesses · 173 employees$338$17,589 a year-16.5%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

Businesses10,662
Employees151,784
Annual payroll$7 M
Net movement of people+504People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Houston 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 Houston County?
Across the 26 trades on this page, the middle one pays $931 a week. The highest pays $2,230 and the lowest $338.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Houston 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.