SOC 51-8012 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Power Distributors and Dispatchers make in Birmingham, AL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Power Distributors and Dispatchers in Birmingham, AL is $138,260. The 10th percentile is $106,080 and the 90th percentile is $166,390. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$138,260

10th percentile
$106,080
25th percentile
$112,680
Median
$138,260
75th percentile
$166,390
90th percentile
$166,390
Mean
$133,190

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Power Distributors and Dispatchers, the published 10th percentile is $106,080 and the 90th percentile is $166,390. The difference is $60,310, which is 43.6% 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 $112,680 to the 75th at $166,390, covers $53,710.

The mean annual wage is $133,190, which sits below the median of $138,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Birmingham, AL median is 29.5% higher than the national median of $106,730 for Power Distributors and Dispatchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $150,866, which is 41.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.7% higher than the Alabama median of $114,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Birmingham, AL is 91.644, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $138,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Power Distributors and Dispatchers at $150,866 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Power Distributors and Dispatchers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Power Distributors and Dispatchers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Birmingham, AL (100 of 520,290). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.51 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 Birmingham, AL · Power Distributors and Dispatchers 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 Power Distributors and Dispatchers make in Birmingham, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Power Distributors and Dispatchers in Birmingham, AL is $138,260. The 10th percentile is $106,080 and the 90th percentile is $166,390. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Power Distributors and Dispatchers?

The local median is 29.5% higher than the national median of $106,730.

What is Power Distributors and Dispatchers pay in Birmingham, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Birmingham, AL is 91.644, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $138,260 is $150,866. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.