Photographic process workers and processing machine operators job market in Alabama

This occupation is less concentrated in the state

The published location quotient for photographic process workers and processing machine operators in Alabama is 0.65 in OEWS May 2025: their share of employment is 0.65 times the national share. The state estimate is 40 jobs, 0.8% of the national employment estimate for this occupation. It represents 0.02 jobs per thousand jobs in the state's OEWS employment universe. The measure describes the distribution of existing employment, not current hiring or future growth.

OEWS employment estimates describe covered wage-and-salary jobs and exclude self-employed workers; location quotients do not measure vacancies or worker demand.

Published median pay is below the U.S. median

The OEWS May 2025 estimates put median annual pay for photographic process workers and processing machine operators at $29,850 in Alabama and $40,610 nationally. The state median is 26.5% lower. Living costs are not included in this comparison, and individual workers' pay varies.

Professional and business services has the largest positive weighted contribution

The positive weighted contributions in Alabama are concentrated in Professional and business services: it accounts for 55.1% across the leading industry groups examined in January to March 2026, with its own employment changing +0.7% year over year. The calculation weights industry groups by their shares of this occupation's national industry mix; the examined groups cover 95.5% of the mix. This describes an employment-growth proxy, not occupation jobs created.