Durham, NC Careers and Salaries

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
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,250	130	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$65,000	130	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants	$73,970	130	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$61,170	130	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$61,360	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$60,200	130	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$84,130	130	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$49,110	130	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$62,650	130	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$84,130	130	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$33,960	120	View salary detail
Environmental Economists	$152,130	120	View salary detail
File Clerks	$48,720	120	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,210	120	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,650	120	View salary detail
Clergy	$61,030	120	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$35,900	120	View salary detail
Economists	$152,130	120	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,930	120	View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$60,340	110	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$45,340	110	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$49,690	110	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,820	110	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$46,860	110	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$58,600	110	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$57,680	110	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$52,560	110	View salary detail
Materials Scientists	$123,070	110	View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists	$60,340	110	View salary detail
Photonics Technicians	$60,340	110	View salary detail
Chemical Engineers	$117,440	110	View salary detail
Art Directors	$93,740	100	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$41,640	100	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$57,810	100	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$40,290	100	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$61,570	100	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$54,800	90	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$84,270	90	View salary detail
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	$76,430	90	View salary detail
Computer and Information Research Scientists	$136,990	90	View salary detail
Acupuncturists	$89,990	90	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,600	90	View salary detail
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$88,210	90	View salary detail
Lodging Managers	$78,610	90	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,920	90	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$51,110	90	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$107,950	90	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$41,210	80	View salary detail
Materials Engineers	$117,000	80	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$47,050	80	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.