Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Hickory, NC

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$54,480	410	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$54,230	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$53,990	100	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$53,800	940	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$53,790	60	View salary detail
Electricians	$53,730	570	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$53,610	60	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$53,440	30	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$53,210	80	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$53,160	180	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$52,930	50	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$52,740	200	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$52,260	770	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$52,260	770	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$51,990	370	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$51,970	850	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$51,860	580	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$51,800	70	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$51,330	330	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$51,330	330	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$51,290	110	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$50,820	40	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$50,800	90	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$50,760	70	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$50,540	140	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$50,510	80	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$50,300	300	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$50,090	30	View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$50,040	350	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,540	1,560	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$49,470	40	View salary detail
Paramedics	$49,460	180	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$49,350	200	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$49,340	60	View salary detail
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	$49,200	590	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$49,010	120	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,980	250	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$48,940	750	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$48,810	40	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,740	600	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$48,720	320	View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,640	270	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$48,530	40	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$48,530	200	View salary detail
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers	$48,380	150	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$48,360	30	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,260	250	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,230	520	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$48,080	180	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$47,940	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.