Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Durham, NC

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$95,460	3,830	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$95,460	3,830	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$95,460	3,830	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$95,460	3,830	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$95,460	3,830	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$94,520	390	View salary detail
Water/Wastewater Engineers	$93,940	740	View salary detail
Transportation Engineers	$93,940	740	View salary detail
Civil Engineers	$93,940	740	View salary detail
Art Directors	$93,740	100	View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$93,420	270	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$93,110	2,740	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$93,110	2,740	View salary detail
Audiologists	$92,470	60	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$91,080	180	View salary detail
Acupuncturists	$89,990	90	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$89,750	710	View salary detail
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$88,210	90	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$88,190	40	View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$87,650	260	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$86,570	70	View salary detail
Microbiologists	$85,860	400	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$85,290	210	View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors	$85,090	3,060	View salary detail
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$84,930	200	View salary detail
Logisticians	$84,300	480	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$84,300	480	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$84,300	480	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$84,270	90	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$84,130	130	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$84,130	130	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$84,050	130	View salary detail
Compliance Officers	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Coroners	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Customs Brokers	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Environmental Compliance Inspectors	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Regulatory Affairs Specialists	$83,780	870	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$83,650	520	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$83,650	520	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$83,650	520	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathologists	$83,460	390	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$83,420	50	View salary detail
Surveyors	$83,420	50	View salary detail
Occupational Therapists	$83,160	390	View salary detail
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists	$83,160	390	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$82,990	70	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$82,840	430	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$82,840	430	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.