Hickory, NC Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$36,550	790	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$52,260	770	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$52,260	770	View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$30,490	770	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$48,940	750	View salary detail
Food Preparation Workers	$27,680	750	View salary detail
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$62,430	740	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$38,310	720	View salary detail
Manufacturing Engineers	$86,640	670	View salary detail
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	$86,640	670	View salary detail
Validation Engineers	$86,640	670	View salary detail
Human Resources Specialists	$64,700	670	View salary detail
Industrial Engineers	$86,640	670	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$69,230	660	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$69,230	660	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$69,230	660	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$69,230	660	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$75,120	660	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$69,230	660	View salary detail
Geothermal Production Managers	$124,290	640	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$39,410	640	View salary detail
Hydroelectric Production Managers	$124,290	640	View salary detail
Biofuels Production Managers	$124,290	640	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$69,990	640	View salary detail
Biomass Power Plant Managers	$124,290	640	View salary detail
Industrial Production Managers	$124,290	640	View salary detail
Quality Control Systems Managers	$124,290	640	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$69,990	640	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$57,790	630	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,740	600	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,940	590	View salary detail
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	$49,200	590	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$75,450	590	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$75,450	590	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$43,920	580	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$51,860	580	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,370	580	View salary detail
Electricians	$53,730	570	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$32,050	570	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$56,300	560	View salary detail
Security Guards	$31,860	550	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$59,840	530	View salary detail
Bartenders	$31,860	530	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,230	520	View salary detail
Project Management Specialists	$85,490	490	View salary detail
Machinists	$43,430	460	View salary detail
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$33,930	450	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$46,080	450	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$60,940	440	View salary detail
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$36,200	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.