What professions added the most jobs in Alabama? In this article we look into this issue from two angles. First we show the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014 (Table 1). Secondly we show the top 50 jobs that had the highest growth rate from year 2010 to 2014 (Table 2). The employment and salary information in Alabama is computed from data published by BLS [1] in May 2015.
Table 1 shows the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014. We note that from 2010 to 2014, the total employment in Alabama increased from 1,807,480 to 1,857,530 with a net gain of 50,050. The profession that added the most jobs in the same period is the profession of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food with 9,970 jobs added. It is followed by the profession of personal care aides with 9,970 job added.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Occupations | 1,807,480 | 1,857,530 | 50,050 | 2.77% | $29,570 |
| 2 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 37,210 | 47,180 | 9,970 | 26.79% | $16,860 |
| 3 | Personal Care Aides | 3,800 | 11,720 | 7,920 | 208.42% | $17,380 |
| 4 | Team Assemblers | 26,720 | 34,400 | 7,680 | 28.74% | $32,350 |
| 5 | Retail Salespersons | 55,560 | 59,840 | 4,280 | 7.70% | $19,110 |
| 6 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 40,690 | 44,400 | 3,710 | 9.12% | $29,820 |
| 7 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 33,600 | 37,230 | 3,630 | 10.80% | $20,770 |
| 8 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 7,010 | 10,260 | 3,250 | 46.36% | $28,600 |
| 9 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 9,530 | 12,600 | 3,070 | 32.21% | $21,010 |
| 10 | Cashiers | 66,020 | 68,790 | 2,770 | 4.20% | $17,310 |
| 11 | Food Preparation Workers | 9,530 | 12,090 | 2,560 | 26.86% | $17,850 |
| 12 | Customer Service Representatives | 27,890 | 30,300 | 2,410 | 8.64% | $26,910 |
| 13 | Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | 350 | 2,590 | 2,240 | 640.00% | $54,240 |
| 14 | Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 1,540 | 3,520 | 1,980 | 128.57% | $34,700 |
| 15 | Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 2,780 | 4,750 | 1,970 | 70.86% | $20,690 |
| 16 | Cooks, Restaurant | 12,640 | 14,590 | 1,950 | 15.43% | $19,940 |
| 17 | Medical Secretaries | 2,880 | 4,830 | 1,950 | 67.71% | $27,100 |
| 18 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 3,720 | 5,580 | 1,860 | 50.00% | $38,580 |
| 19 | Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | 7,380 | 9,160 | 1,780 | 24.12% | $32,050 |
| 20 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 29,080 | 30,750 | 1,670 | 5.74% | $36,340 |
| 21 | Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic | 280 | 1,850 | 1,570 | 560.71% | $33,330 |
| 22 | Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders | 810 | 2,300 | 1,490 | 183.95% | $22,260 |
| 23 | Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing | 1,230 | 2,680 | 1,450 | 117.89% | $21,360 |
| 24 | Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders | 1,030 | 2,480 | 1,450 | 140.78% | $52,300 |
| 25 | First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | 11,690 | 13,010 | 1,320 | 11.29% | $50,370 |
| 26 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 1,360 | 2,610 | 1,250 | 91.91% | $53,310 |
| 27 | Electrical Engineers | 4,000 | 5,190 | 1,190 | 29.75% | $83,260 |
| 28 | Legal Secretaries | 3,410 | 4,590 | 1,180 | 34.60% | $35,070 |
| 29 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 1,620 | 2,750 | 1,130 | 69.75% | $17,740 |
| 30 | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 26,590 | 27,710 | 1,120 | 4.21% | $18,920 |
| 31 | Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers | 2,910 | 4,020 | 1,110 | 38.14% | $52,310 |
| 32 | Psychiatric Aides | 1,240 | 2,310 | 1,070 | 86.29% | $23,210 |
| 33 | Industrial Engineers | 3,190 | 4,250 | 1,060 | 33.23% | $72,950 |
| 34 | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 7,780 | 8,830 | 1,050 | 13.50% | $32,940 |
| 35 | Electricians | 8,070 | 9,070 | 1,000 | 12.39% | $39,860 |
| 36 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 3,280 | 4,250 | 970 | 29.57% | $ |
| 37 | Self-Enrichment Education Teachers | 1,450 | 2,410 | 960 | 66.21% | $39,870 |
| 38 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 8,520 | 9,470 | 950 | 11.15% | $45,610 |
| 39 | Insurance Sales Agents | 5,170 | 6,100 | 930 | 17.99% | $41,070 |
| 40 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | 2,390 | 3,310 | 920 | 38.49% | $103,280 |
| 41 | Bartenders | 2,570 | 3,480 | 910 | 35.41% | $17,370 |
| 42 | Pharmacy Technicians | 6,390 | 7,260 | 870 | 13.62% | $23,730 |
| 43 | Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 8,520 | 9,350 | 830 | 9.74% | $47,280 |
| 44 | Machinists | 5,910 | 6,730 | 820 | 13.87% | $36,320 |
| 45 | Financial Analysts | 500 | 1,310 | 810 | 162.00% | $60,930 |
| 46 | Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood | 1,780 | 2,550 | 770 | 43.26% | $23,960 |
| 47 | Computer Programmers | 4,790 | 5,550 | 760 | 15.87% | $69,260 |
| 48 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 13,990 | 14,740 | 750 | 5.36% | $26,900 |
| 49 | Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | 1,730 | 2,480 | 750 | 43.35% | $27,570 |
| 50 | Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | 3,840 | 4,590 | 750 | 19.53% | $19,680 |
Table 2 shows the top 50 jobs that had the fastest growth rate from 2010 to 2014. We note that the profession that grew the fastest is the profession of postsecondary teachers, all other with a growth rate of 640.00%. It is followed by the profession of layout workers, metal and plastic which grew by 560.71% in the same period.