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Walker County · Alabama · United States

What trades pay in Walker County

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

$1,001 Median weekly pay across these 22 trades. $1,684 — $386.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 6 businesses · 250 employees$1,684$87,559 a year+4.2%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 6 businesses · 51 employees$1,618$84,128 a year
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 47 businesses · 483 employees$1,350$70,196 a year
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 8 businesses · 279 employees$1,328$69,070 a year-3.4%down
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 5 businesses · 10 employees$1,276$66,350 a year+22.9%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 12 businesses · 11 employees$1,234$64,178 a year-4.9%down
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 11 businesses · 215 employees$1,202$62,515 a year+4.5%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 14 businesses · 65 employees$1,139$59,209 a year+8.7%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 20 businesses · 173 employees$1,049$54,547 a year+8.1%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 11 businesses · 70 employees$1,037$53,913 a year-9.2%down
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 7 businesses · 18 employees$1,001$52,034 a year-1.5%down
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 16 businesses · 39 employees$945$49,127 a year-6.6%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 40 businesses · 156 employees$940$48,889 a year+3.0%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 10 businesses · 63 employees$929$48,283 a year+1.4%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 7 businesses · 45 employees$917$47,674 a year+8.5%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 23 businesses · 82 employees$755$39,276 a year+4.4%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 5 businesses · 438 employees$692$35,978 a year+7.1%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 10 businesses · 112 employees$530$27,556 a year-11.7%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 8 businesses · 42 employees$513$26,668 a year-0.8%down
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 11 businesses · 22 employees$446$23,169 a year+3.0%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 38 businesses · 591 employees$422$21,921 a year+6.0%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 58 businesses · 1,292 employees$386$20,061 a year+2.4%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

Businesses4,445
Employees44,974
Annual payroll$2 M
Net movement of people+214People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Walker 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 Walker County?
Across the 22 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,001 a week. The highest pays $1,684 and the lowest $386.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Walker 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.