Huntsville Adds 27,600 Jobs, Keeps Alabama’s Highest $71,000 Wages as Metro Growth Splits
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Updated · AL.com · Aug 18
Huntsville Adds 27,600 Jobs, Keeps Alabama’s Highest $71,000 Wages as Metro Growth Splits
1 articles · Updated · AL.com · Aug 18
Summary
Huntsville added about 27,600 jobs from 2022 to 2025—the most of any Alabama metro—and lifted average annual pay to just over $71,000, still the state’s highest.
11.5% job growth put Huntsville second only to Auburn-Opelika, where employment rose 18.6% to nearly 73,000, while Birmingham added nearly 19,500 jobs but remained far larger at 520,290.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley posted the fastest wage growth, with pay rising roughly 15% to $50,200 alongside nearly 11% job growth; Mobile and Decatur also logged some of the biggest pay gains.
Anniston-Oxford showed the sharpest mismatch: wages jumped nearly 16% to about $51,000 even as employment slipped slightly, making it the only Alabama metro to lose jobs.
Statewide, average wages reached $57,500 in 2025, up about 14%, but the spread remained wide—roughly $23,700 separates Huntsville from Gadsden’s $47,400 average.