Alabama · SOC 21-0000 · Annual, 2025
Community and social service occupations in Alabama
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 21-0000 in Alabama, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 24,000 people in Alabama worked in community and social service occupations (SOC 21-0000), with an average annual wage of $58,840.
Employment in community and social service occupations in Alabama grew 19.0% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in Alabama than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.67). Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 24,000. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Alabama are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 24,000Employment, 2025
- $58,840Mean annual wage
- 1.1%Share of Alabama jobs
- 0.67Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 16,200; 2005 16,500; 2006 16,700; 2007 17,000; 2008 17,300; 2009 17,300; 2010 17,500; 2011 17,500; 2012 17,400; 2013 17,400; 2014 17,600; 2015 17,700; 2016 18,000; 2017 18,700; 2018 19,300; 2019 20,200; 2020 20,100; 2021 20,700; 2022 21,300; 2023 22,100; 2024 23,200; 2025 24,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23,958 | $58,838 | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 23,202 | $56,980 | 5.0% |
| 2023 | 22,098 | $54,719 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 21,259 | $52,415 | 2.8% |
| 2021 | 20,686 | $50,265 | 2.7% |
| 2020 | 20,138 | $48,921 | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 20,202 | $46,496 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 19,341 | $45,750 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 18,657 | $45,432 | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 18,035 | $44,370 | 1.7% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Community and social service occupations in Alabama, quarterly, at full depth
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