SOC 53-3031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Driver/Sales Workers make in Mobile, AL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Driver/Sales Workers in Mobile, AL is $41,110. The 10th percentile is $25,630 and the 90th percentile is $62,050. Employment is 340.

Median annual wage

$41,110

10th percentile
$25,630
25th percentile
$27,450
Median
$41,110
75th percentile
$49,390
90th percentile
$62,050
Mean
$42,600

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A transit bus driver standing beside a bus at a rest stop in Denali
Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Driver/Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $25,630 and the 90th percentile is $62,050. The difference is $36,420, which is 88.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $27,450 to the 75th at $49,390, covers $21,940.

The mean annual wage is $42,600, which sits above the median of $41,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mobile, AL median is 6% higher than the national median of $38,770 for Driver/Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,664, which is 20.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.9% higher than the Alabama median of $39,190.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mobile, AL is 88.098, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Driver/Sales Workers at $46,664 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Driver/Sales Workers. Mobile, AL ranks 2nd of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is 27 miles away, with a median of $28,460 and employment of 160. That median is 30.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,056, against $46,664 here.
  • Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 50 miles away, with a median of $34,920. That median is 15.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,797, against $46,664 here.
  • Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL is 62 miles away, with a median of $29,110 and employment of 570. That median is 29.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,790, against $46,664 here.

Employment share

Driver/Sales Workers accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Mobile, AL (340 of 172,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (409,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.75 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Mobile, AL · Driver/Sales Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Driver/Sales Workers make in Mobile, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Driver/Sales Workers in Mobile, AL is $41,110. The 10th percentile is $25,630 and the 90th percentile is $62,050. Employment is 340.

How does that compare with the national median for Driver/Sales Workers?

The local median is 6% higher than the national median of $38,770.

What is Driver/Sales Workers pay in Mobile, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mobile, AL is 88.098, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $41,110 is $46,664. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Mobile, AL compare with nearby metros for Driver/Sales Workers?

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $28,460. Mobile, AL ranks 2nd of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.