# Counties in Alabama by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 67 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Washington County | 1,793 |
| 2 | Madison County | 1,529 |
| 3 | Jefferson County | 1,442 |
| 4 | Shelby County | 1,337 |
| 5 | Dale County | 1,291 |
| 6 | Limestone County | 1,233 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 1,230 |
| 8 | Mobile County | 1,226 |
| 9 | Choctaw County | 1,218 |
| 10 | Morgan County | 1,203 |
| 11 | Tuscaloosa County | 1,186 |
| 12 | Talladega County | 1,169 |
| 13 | Lowndes County | 1,150 |
| 14 | Wilcox County | 1,149 |
| 15 | Colbert County | 1,148 |
| 16 | Macon County | 1,125 |
| 17 | Henry County | 1,114 |
| 18 | St. Clair County | 1,102 |
| 19 | Cleburne County | 1,094 |
| 20 | Houston County | 1,083 |
| 21 | Coosa County | 1,080 |
| 21 | Monroe County | 1,080 |
| 23 | Bibb County | 1,076 |
| 24 | Lee County | 1,075 |
| 25 | Marengo County | 1,072 |
| 26 | Pike County | 1,035 |
| 27 | Cullman County | 1,030 |
| 28 | Baldwin County | 1,026 |
| 29 | Pickens County | 1,021 |
| 30 | Escambia County | 1,020 |
| 31 | Autauga County | 1,019 |
| 31 | Winston County | 1,019 |
| 33 | Lamar County | 1,011 |
| 34 | Calhoun County | 1,008 |
| 34 | Chambers County | 1,008 |
| 36 | DeKalb County | 1,006 |
| 37 | Clarke County | 1,000 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 998 |
| 39 | Fayette County | 990 |
| 40 | Dallas County | 984 |
| 41 | Lawrence County | 982 |
| 42 | Bullock County | 973 |
| 42 | Covington County | 973 |
| 44 | Walker County | 969 |
| 45 | Marshall County | 966 |
| 45 | Sumter County | 966 |
| 47 | Crenshaw County | 962 |
| 48 | Conecuh County | 960 |
| 49 | Franklin County | 958 |
| 49 | Hale County | 958 |
| 51 | Russell County | 955 |
| 52 | Marion County | 954 |
| 53 | Chilton County | 947 |
| 54 | Elmore County | 943 |
| 55 | Tallapoosa County | 937 |
| 56 | Lauderdale County | 932 |
| 57 | Coffee County | 929 |
| 58 | Etowah County | 922 |
| 59 | Blount County | 920 |
| 60 | Butler County | 919 |
| 61 | Greene County | 906 |
| 62 | Barbour County | 901 |
| 63 | Cherokee County | 898 |
| 64 | Clay County | 897 |
| 65 | Perry County | 875 |
| 66 | Randolph County | 859 |
| 67 | Geneva County | 835 |