Operations research analysts job market in Alabama

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, industries that employ Operations research analysts in Alabama had +0.4% year-over-year employment change, compared with -0.4% nationally. Establishments changed +3.5%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +4.6%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

+0.4%Industry employmentU.S. -0.4%
+3.5%EstablishmentsU.S. +2.5%
+4.6%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +4.9%
85,062Represented establishmentsIndustries covering 84.6% of occupation employment

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Operations research analysts in Alabama

Every published quarter

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Operations research analysts in Alabama
QuarterAlabamaUnited States
2024 Q2+0.3%Not published
2024 Q3-0.1%Not published
2024 Q4+0.2%Not published
2025 Q10.0%Not published
2025 Q2-0.0%Not published
2025 Q3+0.3%Not published
2025 Q4-0.1%Not published
2026 Q1+0.4%Not published

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Operations research analysts in Alabama
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Professional and business services35.0%+0.7%32,790$1,600
Financial activities26.1%+1.4%17,219$2,125
Private education and health services11.5%+1.9%24,909$1,137
State and local6.6%+1.3%5,237$1,178
Information5.5%-0.8%4,907$1,916
Federal5.3%-9.4%1,253$2,175
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Release date
Jan 1, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Operations research analysts. These figures describe the industries that employ Operations research analysts; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Operations research analysts report and about the data.