Sell plastic pallets in Alabama
Alabama had 21,880 warehousing jobs in 2025, 26th among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is motor vehicle manufacturing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
Alabama in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 21,880 (26th of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 306 (25th of 50); about 72 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 1.15%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 33,728 (22nd of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- motor vehicle manufacturing, 6.0x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 1,535
- Motor vehicle assembly jobs
- 22,311
- Auto parts jobs
- 29,218
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 43 million cubic feet (26th of 50)
Reading an Alabama lot
Alabama ranks 26th for warehousing jobs and 25th for establishments. It sits in the middle of the fifty by warehousing jobs. The average warehouse employs about 72 people, against 82 across the fifty states. Smaller sites mean smaller stacks, so the count matters more than the size of the site.
Alabama has 1.5 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. Food plants carry more weight here than the warehouses beside them, so expect hygienic decks and rotated stock. Among the other industries counted here, auto parts (29,218 jobs) is 19 times the size of pharmaceutical manufacturing (1,535).
Jefferson County holds 31.6% of Alabama's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 52.8%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. None of the metros in the dossier sits inside Alabama, so a lot is read by its ZIP.
USDA counted 43 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in Alabama, 26th of 50 and about 1,965 cubic feet for each warehousing job, against 2,254 across the states it reports. Cold storage is a smaller part of the picture here, so most lots come off ambient docks.
Where Alabama's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 6,920 | 31.6% |
| Mobile | 2,677 | 12.2% |
| Montgomery | 1,955 | 8.9% |
What Alabama's industries put on the dock
- Motor vehicle manufacturing: 22,311 jobs, 2025
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 29,218 jobs, 2025
- Meat and poultry processing: 24,973 jobs, 2025
- Plastics product manufacturing: 14,217 jobs, 2025
- Food manufacturing: 33,728 jobs, 2025
Alabama's most concentrated industry is motor vehicle manufacturing, at 6.0 times the national share of employment. See how lots from automotive plants read.
Where Alabama sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | Alabama | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 26th: 21,880 | Colorado, 24,541 (+2,661) | Kansas, 21,158 (-722) |
| Warehousing establishments | 25th: 306 | Minnesota, 312 (+6) | Mississippi, 305 (-1) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 22nd: 33,728 | Kansas, 37,772 (+4,044) | Virginia, 32,684 (-1,044) |
States next to Alabama
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 25,454 | DeSoto (11,634) | 24,727 | meat and poultry processing |
| Tennessee | 53,427 | Shelby (11,727) | 40,320 | motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
| Georgia | 84,730 | Fulton (18,317) | 74,165 | meat and poultry processing |
| Florida | 105,401 | Polk (19,862) | 39,390 | warehousing and storage |
Alabama has fewer warehousing jobs than each of these. The largest of them, Florida, has 4.8 times Alabama's 21,880. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
More on Alabama from the sources
- Private employers in the US averaged 288,633 jobs across 934 establishments in motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (44,870), Texas (28,069), California (27,690), Kentucky (23,308), Alabama (22,311). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private meat and poultry processing jobs (NAICS 3116) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Hall County, Georgia (11,123), Cook County, Illinois (8,367), Sussex County, Delaware (8,212), Marshall County, Alabama (7,387), Fresno County, California (6,499), Douglas County, Nebraska (6,452). (data.bls.gov)
Other pallet-using industries counted in Alabama
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 1,535 | 0.1 to 1 |
| Motor vehicle assembly | 22,311 | 1.0 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 29,218 | 1.3 to 1 |
Sending a lot from Alabama
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a retired container footprint, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does Alabama have?
21,880 private-sector jobs across 306 establishments in 2025, 1.15% of the US total, which ranks Alabama 26th of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from Alabama?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in Alabama. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which Alabama industry is most concentrated?
Motor vehicle manufacturing, at 6.0 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Who asks, and what they need
- Pharmaceutical and healthcare shippers
- Hygienic pallets that can be sanitised; documents on resin and colour; PP sometimes preferred for sterilisation.
- Plants changing packaging or pallet size
- Retire a whole stock of one footprint at once; want it sold or ground up, not landfilled.
- Chemical and drum shippers
- 48 x 48 and 45 x 45 pallets for drums and bags; chemical resistance.
What the sources say
- Counties with the most private meat and poultry processing jobs (NAICS 3116) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Hall County, Georgia (11,123), Cook County, Illinois (8,367), Sussex County, Delaware (8,212), Marshall County, Alabama (7,387), Fresno County, California (6,499), Douglas County, Nebraska (6,452). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3361) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (24,188), Bexar County, Texas (6,165), Cook County, Illinois (5,473), Eaton County, Michigan (4,432), Oakland County, Michigan (735), Los Angeles County, California (643). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 288,633 jobs across 934 establishments in motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (44,870), Texas (28,069), California (27,690), Kentucky (23,308), Alabama (22,311). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 316,938 jobs across 16,316 establishments in beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (63,604), Texas (24,154), New York (13,802), Pennsylvania (13,207), Florida (12,661). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 521,212 jobs across 6,414 establishments in motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (111,465), Ohio (62,025), Indiana (52,146), Tennessee (38,791), Kentucky (32,261). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 556,647 jobs across 4,689 establishments in meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (44,780), Georgia (42,030), North Carolina (35,715), Arkansas (34,773), Iowa (33,386). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3363) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (20,888), Macomb County, Michigan (20,279), Oakland County, Michigan (16,970), Kent County, Michigan (8,688), Spartanburg County, South Carolina (6,496), Cook County, Illinois (6,273). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,901,976 jobs across 23,345 establishments in warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (236,923), Texas (175,579), Pennsylvania (123,481), Florida (105,401), Ohio (98,354). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 73,136 jobs across 1,811 establishments in refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (9,969), Texas (6,638), New Jersey (5,388), Georgia (4,453), Pennsylvania (4,102). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,775,008 jobs across 42,763 establishments in food manufacturing (NAICS 311) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (166,660), Texas (112,088), Illinois (98,300), Pennsylvania (82,538), Wisconsin (81,993). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 829,364 jobs across 49,933 establishments in grocery and related product wholesale (NAICS 4244) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (109,827), Texas (75,474), Florida (63,967), New York (50,594), Illinois (48,629). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 575,006 jobs across 12,344 establishments in plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Ohio (42,286), Texas (40,945), California (35,933), Pennsylvania (34,094), Indiana (33,122). (data.bls.gov)
- Georgia Ports Authority moved 5.7 million TEUs in fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), up 8.6 percent or 450,000 TEUs, the Port of Savannah's second-busiest year after 5.76 million in FY2022. (container-news.com)
- Counties with the most private grocery and related product wholesale jobs (NAICS 4244) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Los Angeles County, California (36,194), Cook County, Illinois (23,404), Miami-Dade County, Florida (14,422), Harris County, Texas (14,172), Dallas County, Texas (12,337), Maricopa County, Arizona (9,996). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private refrigerated warehousing jobs (NAICS 49312) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Los Angeles County, California (2,320), Middlesex County, New Jersey (1,661), San Bernardino County, California (1,565), Cook County, Illinois (1,552), Wayne County, Michigan (1,041), Maricopa County, Arizona (871). (data.bls.gov)
- Private warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) paid an average of $56,706 a year across 1,901,976 jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW). (data.bls.gov)
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