Occupations Reported in Durham, NC

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Operations Research Analysts	$109,110	50	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,560	50	View salary detail
Mechanical Drafters	$63,680	50	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$63,650	50	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$99,590	50	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$63,650	50	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$80,360	50	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$49,850	50	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$81,780	50	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$81,780	50	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$37,550	50	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$37,290	50	View salary detail
Credit Analysts	$77,750	50	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$46,880	40	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$50,720	40	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$73,710	40	View salary detail
Optometrists	$166,880	40	View salary detail
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$214,620	40	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$53,610	40	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$63,450	40	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$55,940	40	View salary detail
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$63,940	40	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	$57,650	40	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$88,190	40	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$38,000	40	View salary detail
Psychiatrists	$170,600	40	View salary detail
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	$34,570	40	View salary detail
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$75,470	40	View salary detail
Animal Trainers	$39,560	40	View salary detail
Physicians, Pathologists	$272,300	30	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$80,270	30	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$100,830	30	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$51,540	30	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$50,080	30	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$57,850	30	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$53,060	30	View salary detail
Millwrights	$62,860	30	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Technicians	$109,650	—	View salary detail
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$219,990	—	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,640	—	View salary detail
Urologists	$78,370	—	View salary detail
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$102,980	—	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$77,320	—	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$49,030	—	View salary detail
Orthodontists	$199,990	—	View salary detail
Family Medicine Physicians	$220,840	—	View salary detail
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians	$78,370	—	View salary detail
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$125,510	—	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$49,030	—	View salary detail
Real Estate Brokers	$124,210	—	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.