Asheville, NC Careers and Salaries

527 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Asheville, NC for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported employment.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Retail Salespersons	$34,110	5,570	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$81,590	4,680	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$81,590	4,680	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$81,590	4,680	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$81,590	4,680	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$81,590	4,680	View salary detail
Cashiers	$29,400	4,240	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,120	3,980	View salary detail
Baristas	$28,810	3,850	View salary detail
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$28,810	3,850	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$38,440	3,360	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,440	3,360	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$34,450	3,250	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$41,520	3,000	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$38,980	2,850	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$40,170	2,590	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$93,470	2,590	View salary detail
Cooks, Fast Food	$28,120	2,570	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$45,180	2,510	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$36,590	2,480	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,870	2,200	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$51,750	2,040	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$35,720	2,010	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$44,960	1,800	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$47,360	1,740	View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$30,680	1,720	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$63,920	1,670	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$49,410	1,660	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,240	1,550	View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors	$80,400	1,540	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$57,840	1,490	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$44,420	1,470	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$50,080	1,450	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$40,980	1,430	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$59,880	1,380	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$47,520	1,340	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$38,030	1,320	View salary detail
Food Preparation Workers	$32,110	1,250	View salary detail
Bartenders	$35,380	1,240	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$66,720	1,170	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$66,720	1,170	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$66,720	1,170	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$66,720	1,170	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$66,720	1,170	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$59,320	1,080	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$73,720	1,080	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$73,720	1,080	View salary detail
Hospitalists	$360,010	1,020	View salary detail
Sports Medicine Physicians	$360,010	1,020	View salary detail
Allergists and Immunologists	$360,010	1,020	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.