SOC 53-7064 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is $27,330. The 10th percentile is $22,900 and the 90th percentile is $40,110. Employment is 190.

Median annual wage

$27,330

10th percentile
$22,900
25th percentile
$25,410
Median
$27,330
75th percentile
$28,130
90th percentile
$40,110
Mean
$28,960

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $22,900 and the 90th percentile is $40,110. The difference is $17,210, which is 63.0% 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 $25,410 to the 75th at $28,130, covers $2,720.

The mean annual wage is $28,960, which sits above the median of $27,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL median is 24.7% lower than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $28,863, which is 20.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14% lower than the Alabama median of $31,770.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is 94.690, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $27,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $28,863 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 Packers and Packagers, Hand. Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ranks 13th 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).).

  • Mobile, AL is 27 miles away, with a median of $29,830 and employment of 430. That median is 9.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,860, against $28,863 here.
  • Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL is 35 miles away, with a median of $27,350 and employment of 330. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $27,989, against $28,863 here.
  • Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 76 miles away, with a median of $28,370 and employment of 190. That median is 3.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,520, against $28,863 here.

Employment share

Packers and Packagers, Hand accounts for 0.22% of wage-and-salary employment in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (190 of 87,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.36% of employment (559,820 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.61 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is $27,330. The 10th percentile is $22,900 and the 90th percentile is $40,110. Employment is 190.

How does that compare with the national median for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

The local median is 24.7% lower than the national median of $36,280.

What is Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is 94.690, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $27,330 is $28,863. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL compare with nearby metros for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

Mobile, AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $29,830. Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ranks 13th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.