Poultry Processing in Alabama

Poultry Processing (NAICS 311615) in Alabama reports 23,866 workers across 35 establishments, with $975.9M of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 10.0% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Alabama is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale. Alabama accounts for 6.7% of the national Poultry Processing establishment count (35 of 520), according to Census County Business Patterns.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Poultry Processing employees in Alabama is $40,892/yr, versus a national average of $43,477/yr. Alabama pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Poultry Processing is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Poultry Processing national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Alabama overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).