How much do Sales and Related Workers, All Other make in Birmingham, AL?

Percentile spread

For Sales and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $30,490 and the 90th percentile is $97,780. The difference is $67,290, which is 109.0% 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 $40,830 to the 75th at $79,310, covers $38,480.

The mean annual wage is $60,970, which sits below the median of $61,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Birmingham, AL median is 27.9% higher than the national median of $48,280 for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,358, which is 39.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 32.3% higher than the Alabama median of $46,660.

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 $61,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales and Related Workers, All Other at $67,358 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. Birmingham, AL ranks 1st of 7 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).).

• Columbus, GA-AL is 135 miles away, with a median of $37,720. That median is 38.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,242, against $67,358 here.
• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 138 miles away, with a median of $52,500 and employment of 140. That median is 15% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,400, against $67,358 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 141 miles away, with a median of $52,080 and employment of 2,430. That median is 15.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,050, against $67,358 here.

Employment share

Sales and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Birmingham, AL (80 of 520,290). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (93,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.26 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.