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Average Riggers Salary in Mobile, AL

Riggers in Mobile, AL earn a median annual salary of $60,670, which is -3.1% compared to the national median. There are 210 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Mobile, AL (metro area).

$60,670
Mobile, AL median annual wage
$29/hour median
-3.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $62,640
210
Local employment
1.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
8.31
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$45,920
25th
$59,860
Median
$60,670
75th
$64,530
90th
$73,370

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Mobile, AL, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
88.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$68,866
Goods: 96.4%
Services: 84.2%
Rents: 60.1%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Fargo, ND-MN $169,480 Compare 50
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $103,030 Compare 620
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $97,850 Compare 270
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $96,880 Compare 1,250
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $91,430 Compare 110
Urban Honolulu, HI $87,570 Compare 170

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Mobile, AL

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $375,250 0.90
Dentists, General $207,010 0.72
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $176,620 0.30
Chief Executives $171,130 0.21
Architectural And Engineering Managers $164,020 1.52
Commercial Pilots $137,960 0.91
Computer And Information Systems Managers $137,650 0.68
Chemical Engineers $137,170 6.24

Mobile, AL has salary data for 374 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Riggers in Mobile, AL

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Riggers are projected to change by +3.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.