Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Burlington, NC

336 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Burlington, NC for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$49,680	350	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$49,670	90	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$49,650	60	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$49,300	100	View salary detail
Carpenters	$49,280	100	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$49,180	190	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$48,750	120	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,650	90	View salary detail
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$48,490	280	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$48,380	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$48,280	70	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$48,160	70	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$47,970	100	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$47,490	40	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,460	600	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$47,340	670	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$47,180	40	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$47,110	50	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$47,110	30	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$47,020	50	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$46,940	—	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,530	110	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$46,440	110	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$46,280	30	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$46,070	30	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$46,060	40	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$46,020	520	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$45,760	70	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$45,750	370	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,310	30	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$45,240	110	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$45,160	90	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$45,160	90	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$45,160	90	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$45,160	90	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,910	590	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,630	730	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$44,190	60	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,190	620	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$44,000	50	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$44,000	50	View salary detail
Tellers	$43,960	80	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$43,840	50	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$43,750	2,660	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$43,750	2,660	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$43,590	620	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$43,560	30	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$43,290	230	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$43,250	310	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$43,220	40	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.