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Alabama unemployment rank is 45. In the past 12 months the median family income in Alabama was $38,160. Alabama ranks 50 among the top highest-paid states.

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	Alabama Cost of living (2006) Cost of Living Indexes Alabama USA Overall 80.71 100 Food 96.08 100 Housing 53.17 100 Utilities 92.5 100 Health 91.00 100 Miscellaneous 99.08 100 Transportation 95.50 100
Top Highest-Paid States (2006 Year) Rank State The mean hourly wage The mean annual wage 1 District of Columbia $30 $61,500 ... ... ... ... 40 Kentucky $16 $33,490 41 Alabama $16 $33,440 42 South Carolina $16 $33,400 ... ... ... ... 54 Puerto Rico $11 $23,190
Jobs/Salaries in Alabama (2006 Year) Rank State Jobs Hourly Annualy 1 NY Database administrators 36 None ... ... ... ... ... 37 MO Database administrators 28 None 38 AL Database administrators 28 None 39 KY Database administrators 28 None ... ... ... ... ... 53 WV Database administrators 20 None
Select Your Job: ---- Select Job ----- Accountants and auditors Actuaries Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers Administrative services managers Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Advertising and promotions managers Aerospace engineering and operations technicians Aerospace engineers Agricultural and food science technicians Agricultural engineers Agricultural equipment operators Agricultural inspectors Agricultural workers, all other Air traffic controllers Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers Airfield operations specialists All Occupations All other information and record clerks Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians Amusement and recreation attendants Anesthesiologists Animal control workers Animal trainers Appraisers and assessors of real estate Architects, except landscape and naval Architectural and civil drafters Architecture and engineering occupations Archivists Art directors Artists and related workers, all other Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations Assemblers and fabricators, all other Atmospheric and space scientists Audio and video equipment technicians Audio-visual collections specialists Audiologists Automotive body and related repairers Automotive glass installers and repairers Automotive service technicians and mechanics Avionics technicians Baggage porters and bellhops Bailiffs Bakers Barbers Bartenders Bill and account collectors Billing and posting clerks and machine operators Bindery workers Biological scientists, all other Biological technicians Biomedical engineers Boilermakers Bookbinders Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks Brickmasons and blockmasons Bridge and lock tenders Broadcast news analysts Broadcast technicians Brokerage clerks Budget analysts Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers, all other Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Bus drivers, school Bus drivers, transit and intercity Business and financial operations occupations Business operations specialists, all other Butchers and meat cutters Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Camera and photographic equipment repairers Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Cargo and freight agents Carpenters Carpet installers Cartographers and photogrammetrists Cashiers Cement masons and concrete finishers Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders Chefs and head cooks Chemical engineers Chemical equipment operators and tenders Chemical plant and system operators Chemical technicians Chemists Chief executives Child care workers Child, family, and school social workers Chiropractors Choreographers Civil engineering technicians Civil engineers Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Cleaners of vehicles and equipment Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders Clergy Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders Coil winders, tapers, and finishers Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food Commercial and industrial designers Community and social services occupations Compensation and benefits managers Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation Computer and information scientists, research Computer and information systems managers Computer and mathematical occupations Computer hardware engineers Computer operators Computer programmers Computer software engineers, applications Computer software engineers, systems software Computer specialists, all other Computer support specialists Computer systems analysts Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Conservation scientists Construction and building inspectors Construction and extraction occupations Construction and related workers, all other Construction laborers Construction managers Continuous mining machine operators Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Conveyor operators and tenders Cooks, all other Cooks, fast food Cooks, institution and cafeteria Cooks, restaurant Cooks, short order Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders Correctional officers and jailers Correspondence clerks Cost estimators Costume attendants Counselors, all other Counter and rental clerks Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Couriers and messengers Court reporters Court, municipal, and license clerks Craft artists Crane and tower operators Credit analysts Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Crossing guards Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Curators Customer service representatives Cutters and trimmers, hand Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Data entry keyers Database administrators Demonstrators and product promoters Dental assistants Dental hygienists Dental laboratory technicians Dentists, general Designers, all other Desktop publishers Detectives and criminal investigators Diagnostic medical sonographers Dietetic technicians Dietitians and nutritionists Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Dishwashers Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance Drafters, all other Dredge operators Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Driver/sales workers Drywall and ceiling tile installers Earth drillers, except oil and gas Economists Editors Education administrators, all other Education administrators, postsecondary Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program Education, training, and library occupations Education, training, and library workers, all other Educational, vocational, and school counselors Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Electrical and electronics drafters Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay Electrical engineers Electrical power-line installers and repairers Electricians Electro-mechanical technicians Electromechanical equipment assemblers Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Electronics engineers, except computer Eligibility interviewers, government programs Embalmers Emergency management specialists Emergency medical technicians and paramedics Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists Engineering managers Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Engineers, all other Environmental engineering technicians Environmental engineers Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Epidemiologists Etchers and engravers Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Executive secretaries and administrative assistants Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters Extraction workers, all other Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Fabric and apparel patternmakers Fabric menders, except garment Fallers Family and general practitioners Farm and home management advisors Farm equipment mechanics Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals Fence erectors Fiberglass laminators and fabricators File clerks Film and video editors Financial analysts Financial examiners Financial managers Financial specialists, all other Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators Fire fighters Fire inspectors and investigators First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other Fish and game wardens Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles Floor sanders and finishers Floral designers Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders Food batchmakers Food cooking machine operators and tenders Food preparation and serving related occupations Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Food preparation workers Food scientists and technologists Food servers, nonrestaurant Food service managers Forensic science technicians Forest and conservation technicians Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists Foresters Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Foundry mold and coremakers Funeral attendants Funeral directors Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Furniture finishers Gaming and sports book writers and runners Gaming change persons and booth cashiers Gaming service workers, all other Gaming supervisors Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators Gas plant operators General and operations managers Geological and petroleum technicians Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers Glaziers Graders and sorters, agricultural products Graphic designers Grinding and polishing workers, hand Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Grounds maintenance workers, all other Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Hazardous materials removal workers Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other Health educators Health technologists and technicians, all other Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Healthcare support occupations Healthcare support workers, all other Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Helpers, construction trades, all other Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Helpers--carpenters Helpers--electricians Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Helpers--production workers Helpers--roofers Highway maintenance workers Historians Home appliance repairers Home health aides Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping Human resources managers, all other Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other Hydrologists Industrial engineering technicians Industrial engineers Industrial machinery mechanics Industrial production managers Industrial truck and tractor operators Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Instructional coordinators Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Insulation workers, mechanical Insurance appraisers, auto damage Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Insurance sales agents Insurance underwriters Internists, general Interpreters and translators Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Job printers Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand Landscape architects Landscaping and groundskeeping workers Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Law clerks Lawyers Lay-out workers, metal and plastic Legal occupations Legal secretaries Legal support workers, all other Librarians Library assistants, clerical Library technicians Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Life scientists, all other Life, physical, and social science occupations Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Loan counselors Loan interviewers and clerks Loan officers Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants Locksmiths and safe repairers Locomotive engineers Lodging managers Log graders and scalers Logging equipment operators Logging workers, all other Logisticians Machine feeders and offbearers Machinists Maids and housekeeping cleaners Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Maintenance and repair workers, general Maintenance workers, machinery Management analysts Management occupations Managers, all other Manicurists and pedicurists Manufactured building and mobile home installers Marine engineers and naval architects Market research analysts Marketing managers Massage therapists Material moving workers, all other Materials engineers Materials scientists Mathematicians Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Mechanical door repairers Mechanical drafters Mechanical engineering technicians Mechanical engineers Media and communication equipment workers, all other Media and communication workers, all other Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Medical and health services managers Medical and public health social workers Medical appliance technicians Medical assistants Medical equipment preparers Medical equipment repairers Medical records and health information technicians Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Medical secretaries Medical transcriptionists Meeting and convention planners Mental health and substance abuse social workers Mental health counselors Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders Meter readers, utilities Microbiologists Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Millwrights Mine cutting and channeling machine operators Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers Mining machine operators, all other Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Model makers, metal and plastic Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Motion picture projectionists Motor vehicle operators, all other Motorboat mechanics Motorcycle mechanics Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Museum technicians and conservators Musical instrument repairers and tuners Natural sciences managers Network and computer systems administrators Network systems and data communications analysts New accounts clerks Nonfarm animal caretakers Nuclear medicine technologists Numerical tool and process control programmers Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants Occupational health and safety specialists Occupational health and safety technicians Occupational therapist aides Occupational therapist assistants Occupational therapists Office and administrative support occupations Office and administrative support workers, all other Office clerks, general Office machine operators, except computer Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Operations research analysts Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Opticians, dispensing Optometrists Order clerks Orthodontists Orthotists and prosthetists Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Packers and packagers, hand Painters, construction and maintenance Painters, transportation equipment Painting, coating, and decorating workers Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Paperhangers Paralegals and legal assistants Parking enforcement workers Parking lot attendants Parts salespersons Patternmakers, metal and plastic Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Payroll and timekeeping clerks Pediatricians, general Personal and home care aides Personal care and service occupations Personal care and service workers, all other Personal financial advisors Pest control workers Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Petroleum engineers Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers Pharmacists Pharmacy aides Pharmacy technicians Photographers Photographic process workers Physical scientists, all other Physical therapist aides Physical therapist assistants Physical therapists Physician assistants Physicians and surgeons, all other Physicists Pile-driver operators Pipelayers Plant and system operators, all other Plasterers and stucco masons Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Podiatrists Police and sheriff's patrol officers Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers Postal service clerks Postal service mail carriers Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators Postmasters and mail superintendents Pourers and casters, metal Power plant operators Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other Prepress technicians and workers Preschool teachers, except special education Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Printing machine operators Private detectives and investigators Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Procurement clerks Producers and directors Production occupations Production workers, all other Production, planning, and expediting clerks Proofreaders and copy markers Property, real estate, and community association managers Protective service occupations Protective service workers, all other Psychiatric aides Psychiatric technicians Psychiatrists Psychologists, all other Public address system and other announcers Public relations managers Public relations specialists Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products Purchasing managers Radiation therapists Radio and television announcers Radio mechanics Radio operators Radiologic technologists and technicians Rail car repairers Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators Real estate sales agents Receptionists and information clerks Recreation workers Recreational therapists Recreational vehicle service technicians Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons Refuse and recyclable material collectors Registered nurses Rehabilitation counselors Reinforcing iron and rebar workers Reporters and correspondents Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Residential advisors Respiratory therapists Respiratory therapy technicians Retail salespersons Riggers Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Roofers Roustabouts, oil and gas Sailors and marine oilers Sales and related occupations Sales and related workers, all other Sales engineers Sales managers Sales representatives, services, all other Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Security and fire alarm systems installers Security guards Self-enrichment education teachers Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Service station attendants Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining Sewers, hand Sewing machine operators Shampooers Sheet metal workers Ship engineers Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks Shoe and leather workers and repairers Shuttle car operators Signal and track switch repairers Skin care specialists Slaughterers and meat packers Social and community service managers Social and human service assistants Social scientists and related workers, all other Social workers, all other Soil and plant scientists Sound engineering technicians Speech-language pathologists Stationary engineers and boiler operators Statistical assistants Statisticians Stock clerks and order fillers Stonemasons Structural iron and steel workers Structural metal fabricators and fitters Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Surgeons Surgical technologists Survey researchers Surveying and mapping technicians Surveyors Switchboard operators, including answering service Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Tank car, truck, and ship loaders Tapers Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents Tax preparers Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Team assemblers Technical writers Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Telecommunications line installers and repairers Telemarketers Telephone operators Tellers Terrazzo workers and finishers Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other Therapists, all other Tile and marble setters Tire repairers and changers Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Tool and die makers Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners Tour guides and escorts Traffic technicians Training and development managers Training and development specialists Transportation and material moving occupations Transportation inspectors Transportation workers, all other Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Travel agents Tree trimmers and pruners Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer Truck drivers, light or delivery services Upholsterers Urban and regional planners Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Veterinarians Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Veterinary technologists and technicians Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Waiters and waitresses Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Wellhead pumpers Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Woodworkers, all other Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Word processors and typists Writers and authors Zoologists and wildlife biologists
Employed/Unemployed Stats (2000 Year)
Rank Location: Employed (in thousands) Unemployed (in thousands) Unemployed Rate 1 HI 157,070 3,802 2.4% 2 NE 10,164 314 2.8% 3 WY 11,983 395 3.3% ... ... ... ... ... 51 AK 11,983 861 9.1% 52 PR 16,163 1,872 12.0%

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