Highest and lowest paying health care jobs in Mobile

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Highest and lowest paying health care jobs in Mobile

Anybody who has taken a course in marketing, psychology or sociology is likely familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. First detailed by psychologist Andrew Maslow in his 1943 work “A Theory of Human Motivation,” the hierarchy breaks down the complex network of human thoughts into a categorical triage, placing self-development at the top and security and physical health at the bottom. In setting up this pyramid, Maslow framed self-recognition and creative development as ultimate goals, while also prioritizing personal safety and strong physical health.

As such, it has never been more important to recognize the health care professionals who work tirelessly to keep the population healthy. In 2019, the United States spent 17.7% of its GDP on health. While it’s encouraging to know that the country is investing in those responsible for maintaining the nation’s well-being, not all health care professionals receive equal compensation.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest and lowest paying health care jobs in Mobile, AL using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2019 annual mean wage. Keep reading to see which health care jobs make the most and least in your city.

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#39. Nursing assistants

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $23,580
- #377 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,880

National
- Annual mean salary: $30,720
- Employment: 1,419,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($46,170)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($45,100)
--- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($44,710)

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#38. Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $24,560
- #231 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $29,690
- Employment: 97,030
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Haven, CT ($48,240)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,890)
--- Port St. Lucie, FL ($43,200)

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#37. Psychiatric aides

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $24,590
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $32,590
- Employment: 55,020
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Utica-Rome, NY ($48,280)
--- Rochester, NY ($45,890)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($45,010)

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#36. Orderlies

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $25,870
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $30,710
- Employment: 46,990
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($51,240)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($49,270)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($44,730)

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#35. Medical assistants

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $27,840
- #374 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 970

National
- Annual mean salary: $35,720
- Employment: 712,430
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($49,880)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($48,920)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($47,140)

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#34. Opticians, dispensing

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $29,050
- #270 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $40,730
- Employment: 72,330
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Utica-Rome, NY ($70,730)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($68,970)
--- New Haven, CT ($66,020)

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#33. Physical therapist aides

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $29,490
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $29,180
- Employment: 49,270
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Savannah, GA ($50,470)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($44,720)
--- Boulder, CO ($41,450)

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#32. Medical equipment preparers

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $29,590
- #187 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $39,530
- Employment: 56,900
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($63,400)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($61,080)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($60,670)

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#31. Veterinary technologists and technicians

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $29,700
- #254 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $36,670
- Employment: 110,650
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($76,660)
--- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ($57,740)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($50,100)

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#30. Pharmacy technicians

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $29,740
- #350 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

National
- Annual mean salary: $35,250
- Employment: 417,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($51,090)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($50,790)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($50,070)

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#29. Dental assistants

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $30,950
- #378 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

National
- Annual mean salary: $41,170
- Employment: 351,470
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($56,010)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($54,510)
--- Rochester, MN ($53,010)

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#28. Phlebotomists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $32,060
- #220 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

National
- Annual mean salary: $36,480
- Employment: 128,290
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($58,610)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($54,040)
--- Redding, CA ($52,310)

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#27. Medical transcriptionists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $34,480
- #128 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $35,210
- Employment: 55,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($67,840)
--- Amarillo, TX ($56,970)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($54,080)

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#26. Surgical technologists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $36,940
- #267 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,110
- Employment: 109,000
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($74,280)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($72,790)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($69,750)

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#25. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $38,060
- #373 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,170

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 697,510
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($69,490)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,160)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($67,990)

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#24. Massage therapists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $38,830
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,180
- Employment: 107,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($76,930)
--- Yakima, WA ($72,870)
--- College Station-Bryan, TX ($70,090)

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#23. Athletic trainers

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $43,650
- #135 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,540
- Employment: 28,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($73,250)
--- Lansing-East Lansing, MI ($66,390)
--- Trenton, NJ ($65,320)

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#22. Cardiovascular technologists and technicians

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $45,390
- #153 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,600
- Employment: 56,110
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salem, OR ($106,620)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($103,050)
--- Medford, OR ($82,780)

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#21. Radiologic technologists and technicians

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $47,260
- #322 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,120
- Employment: 207,360
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($110,180)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($109,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,670)

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#20. Exercise physiologists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $47,940
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,750
- Employment: 7,280
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($184,950)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($88,760)
--- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($69,300)

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#19. Dental hygienists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $49,650
- #369 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $77,230
- Employment: 221,560
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($140,150)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($120,420)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($113,940)

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#18. Respiratory therapists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $50,580
- #255 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,950
- Employment: 132,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($101,520)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($98,810)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($97,950)

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#17. Diagnostic medical sonographers

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $51,750
- #248 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $75,780
- Employment: 72,790
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($126,850)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($118,880)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($115,280)

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#16. Dietitians and nutritionists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $53,390
- #232 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,330
- Employment: 67,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($88,350)
--- Salinas, CA ($87,930)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($87,890)

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#15. Registered nurses

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $58,470
- #352 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,320

National
- Annual mean salary: $77,460
- Employment: 2,982,280
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($140,740)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($138,000)
--- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($134,000)

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#14. Physical therapist assistants

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $60,020
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,520
- Employment: 96,840
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($78,530)
--- Victoria, TX ($78,070)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($75,470)

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#13. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $62,120
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $74,270
- Employment: 37,900
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($124,950)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($104,870)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($99,920)

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#12. Speech-language pathologists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $66,910
- #309 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $82,000
- Employment: 154,360
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($117,710)
--- Corvallis, OR ($105,380)
--- Chico, CA ($104,640)

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#11. Veterinarians

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $81,540
- #246 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $104,820
- Employment: 74,540
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sherman-Denison, TX ($210,960)
--- Lubbock, TX ($176,730)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($161,230)

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#10. Occupational therapists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $87,140
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,210
- Employment: 133,570
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- The Villages, FL ($115,090)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($108,870)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($107,450)

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#9. Physician assistants

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $88,070
- #294 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $112,410
- Employment: 120,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($161,370)
--- Leominster-Gardner, MA ($156,250)
--- Waterbury, CT ($154,550)

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#8. Nurse practitioners

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $89,720
- #353 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

National
- Annual mean salary: $111,840
- Employment: 200,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($175,060)
--- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($160,110)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($157,150)

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#7. Physical therapists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $95,610
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $90,170
- Employment: 233,350
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Yuba City, CA ($116,360)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($116,120)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($113,950)

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#6. Dentists, general

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $120,420
- #281 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $178,260
- Employment: 110,730
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Burlington, NC ($278,360)
--- Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($275,430)
--- Longview, TX ($272,440)

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#5. Pharmacists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $135,840
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $125,510
- Employment: 311,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Tyler, TX ($161,790)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($158,250)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($157,850)

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#4. Nurse anesthetists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $161,870
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $181,040
- Employment: 43,570
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Toledo, OH ($266,260)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($254,860)
--- Columbus, GA-AL ($247,540)

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#3. Anesthesiologists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $266,520
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $261,730
- Employment: 31,010
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($283,660)
--- Tulsa, OK ($281,080)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($276,350)

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#2. Family medicine physicians

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $269,940
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $213,270
- Employment: 109,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Racine, WI ($286,030)
--- Jacksonville, NC ($282,580)
--- Gadsden, AL ($281,430)

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#1. Surgeons, except ophthalmologists

Mobile, AL
- Annual mean salary: $281,480
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $252,040
- Employment: 36,270
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Wausau, WI ($285,230)
--- Oshkosh-Neenah, WI ($285,210)
--- Asheville, NC ($284,780)

Highest and lowest paying health care jobs in Mobile