Huntsville Jobs

Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of Huntsville was 164,570. As of 2006 Census Estimates the Huntsville Metropolitan Area had a population of 368,661 with the city proper having 168,132 residents. Huntsville, and its cross-river neighbor Decatur, combine their separate metro areas to form the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2004, had a total population of 510,088.

Huntsville's main economic influence is derived from aerospace and military technology. Redstone Arsenal, Cummings Research Park , and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center comprise the main hubs for the area's technology-driven economy. CRP is the second largest research park in the United States and the fourth largest in the world, and is over 38 years old. Huntsville is also home for commercial technology companies such as the network access company ADTRAN, computer graphics company Intergraph and software switch manufacturer Avocent. Telecommunications provider Deltacom, Inc. and copper tube manufacturer and distributor Wolverine Tube are also based in Huntsville. Sanmina-SCI also has a large presence in the area. Forty-two Fortune 500 companies have operations in Huntsville. In 2005, Forbes Magazine named the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area as 6th best place in the nation for doing business, and number one in terms of the number of engineers per total employment. In...more

Among the most common occupations in Huntsville are Management, professional, and related occupations, 41%; Sales and office occupations, 21%; and Service occupations, 13%. Approximately 72 percent of workers in Huntsville, Alabama work for companies, 16 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Huntsville, Alabama are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 19%; Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 14%; and Manufacturing, 13%. Simply Hired's Huntsville job listings indicate that the following industries in Huntsville are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Huntsville, Alabama is $40,503, and the median income of households in Huntsville was $44,000.

According to our Huntsville Trends data, the number of Huntsville, Alabama jobs has not changed since October 2011.

Population of Huntsville Total population 158,618 Male 48.92% Female 51.08% Median age 39.2     Huntsville Housing Owner-occupied homes 59.4% Median cost of a home $128,700 Median mortgage payment $740 Renter-occupied homes 40.6% Vacant housing 9.4% Median monthly rent $555     Average Income Median for all workers $24,578 Median for all male full-time $46,973 Median for all female full-time $34,033     Household Income Less than $10,000 9% $10,000 to $14,999 5% $15,000 to $24,999 15% $25,000 to $34,999 12% $35,000 to $49,999 13% $50,000 to $74,999 16% $75,000 to $99,999 10% $100,000 to $149,999 11% $150,000 to $199,999 4% $200,000 or more 3%

Education Less than 9th grade 3% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 8% High school graduate 20% Some college, no degree 20% Associate's degree 7% Bachelor's degree 27% Graduate degree 15%     Marital Status Never married 29% Currently married 48% Separated 2% Widowed 6% Divorced 14%     Race White 65% Black or African American 30% Asian 3% Other 3%     Huntsville Commute Carpool 8.5% Public transportation 0.1% Average travel time 17 minutes