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
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,590	270	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$43,500	110	View salary detail
Machinists	$43,430	460	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$43,390	110	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$43,290	820	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$43,260	100	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$43,140	1,710	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$42,890	130	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$42,850	870	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$42,520	1,190	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$42,450	60	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$42,260	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$41,780	1,220	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$41,710	1,140	View salary detail
Tellers	$41,350	190	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$41,290	40	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$41,290	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,240	180	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$41,150	930	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$40,910	80	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$40,370	70	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$40,340	2,060	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$40,250	220	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$40,240	4,850	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$40,240	4,850	View salary detail
File Clerks	$40,160	50	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$40,010	180	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$40,000	290	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$39,990	40	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$39,960	70	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$39,960	70	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$39,960	70	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$39,910	60	View salary detail
Tutors	$39,900	110	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$39,900	150	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$39,870	130	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$39,630	50	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$39,410	640	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,300	100	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$39,150	120	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$39,150	70	View salary detail
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	$38,990	120	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$38,720	1,400	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$38,480	—	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,380	1,790	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$38,370	60	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,370	580	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$38,310	720	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$38,130	3,500	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$38,070	1,220	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.