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Alabama Government Pay Charts Alabama General Schedule Payscales

4,010 federal employees †
$81,302 average yearly pay
+5% salary raise this year

Federal employees in Alabama are paid an adjusted base salary based on which of the four General Schedule localities that cover Alabama in which they work. Localities that cover parts of Alabama include Atlanta, Birmingham, Huntsville and Rest of U.S..

This table lists all of the major cities and military installations within Alabama where Federal employees work. Each city lists the GS Locality in which it is located, and the current Locality Adjustment applicable to that locality. Click on any city or locality to see the adjusted pay tables for that region.

City / Base Locality Type Federal Employee Count † GS Locality Name Locality Adjustment
Birmingham   Civilian 3,412 Birmingham 17.91%
Redstone Arsenal   Army 156 Huntsville 21.48%
Coast Guard Aviation Training Center   Coast Guard 353 Rest of U.S. 16.82%
Maxwell Gunter Air Force Base   Air Force 962 Rest of U.S. 16.82%
Anniston Army Depot   Army Unknown Birmingham 17.91%
Fort Rucker   Army Unknown Rest of U.S. 16.82%

Employee count includes only Non-DoD Employees in the GS Pay Scale. However, these rates apply to all General Schedule (GS) employees, including those in the Department of Defense (DoD).

Alabama Federal Employment Statistics

This section provides statistics on Federal government employees in Alabama, including most common occupations, agencies with the most local employees, and the average paygrade and salary rates of general schedule employees in the area. All data in this section is derived from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)'s most recent available listings of federal employees in Alabama.

Common Occupations in Alabama

Occupation Number Employed Avg. Salary Avg. Bonus
Aerospace Engineering 883 $128,560.00 $5.00
Contact Representative 653 $53,965.00 $0.00
Social Insurance Administration 467 $88,941.00 $0.00
General Legal And Kindred Administration 425 $61,375.00 $0.00
General Engineering 359 $142,702.00 $3.00
Medical Support Assistance 358 $43,802.00 $29.00
Nursing Assistant 278 $40,639.00 $41.00
Veterans Claims Examining 176 $72,577.00 $14.00
Social Work 106 $80,641.00 $22.00
Contracting 103 $106,543.00 $30.00
Materials Engineering 102 $120,351.00 $5.00
Budget Analysis 100 $113,696.00 $0.00

This table lists the top twelve occupations held by the approximately 4,010 federal employees working in Alabama, Alabama, as well as average yearly compensation for Alabama based federal employees of that occupation.

Federal Agencies in Alabama

Agency Alabama Employees Avg. Salary Avg. Bonus
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center 1,547 $122,370.00 $9.00
Social Security Administration 1,545 $68,094.00 $0.00
Veterans Health Administration 742 $49,904.00 $32.00
Veterans Benefits Administration 176 $72,577.00 $14.00

There are four Federal agencies with a significant workforce in Alabama. General Schedule employees at all of the agencies listed below will be paid according to the locality-adjusted GS payscale listed on this page.


Distribution of GS Employees in Alabama

There are approximately 4,010 federal employees on the General Schedule payscale located within Alabama. The average federal employee in Alabama earns $81,302 per year, and the average yearly bonus is $16.

Based on data provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the most common job title for federal employees based in Alabama is Aerospace Engineering. The Federal agency with the largest number of employees in Alabama is the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, which has total of 1,547 employees in the area.

The bar graph to the left shows the distribution of employees in Alabama by paygrade, from GS-1 to GS-15. To learn more about how paygrades are determined and how they affect a federal employee's salary, see how to calculate GS Pay.

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Source: http://www.generalschedule.org/states/alabama