Occupations Reported in North Carolina

868 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in North Carolina for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported employment.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Cooks, All Other	$31,120	150	View salary detail
Helpers--Extraction Workers	$42,670	150	View salary detail
Physicists	$174,180	150	View salary detail
Boilermakers	$49,720	150	View salary detail
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	$37,370	140	View salary detail
Medical Dosimetrists	$147,830	140	View salary detail
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other	$37,240	140	View salary detail
Archivists	$55,370	130	View salary detail
Dentists, All Other Specialists	$225,990	130	View salary detail
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$80,060	130	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$48,640	130	View salary detail
Designers, All Other	$51,740	120	View salary detail
Historians	$73,440	120	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$53,660	120	View salary detail
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	$66,380	120	View salary detail
Taxi Drivers	$36,950	120	View salary detail
Subway and Streetcar Operators	$62,590	110	View salary detail
Traffic Technicians	$56,800	110	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$35,740	110	View salary detail
Hydrologic Technicians	$59,590	110	View salary detail
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$73,510	110	View salary detail
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	$54,810	110	View salary detail
Pourers and Casters, Metal	$57,700	100	View salary detail
Paperhangers	$48,590	100	View salary detail
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$75,320	100	View salary detail
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$59,130	90	View salary detail
Shampooers	$26,030	90	View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$51,690	90	View salary detail
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$108,430	90	View salary detail
Ship Engineers	$65,010	90	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$42,410	80	View salary detail
Desktop Publishers	$43,700	80	View salary detail
Genetic Counselors	$93,570	80	View salary detail
Artists and Related Workers, All Other	$81,850	80	View salary detail
Rock Splitters, Quarry	$56,320	80	View salary detail
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$46,140	70	View salary detail
Sewers, Hand	$36,550	70	View salary detail
Embalmers	$68,550	70	View salary detail
Semiconductor Processing Technicians	$56,160	60	View salary detail
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	$57,760	50	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$42,340	50	View salary detail
Bridge and Lock Tenders	$41,380	50	View salary detail
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,970	50	View salary detail
Costume Attendants	$33,920	50	View salary detail
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	$47,050	40	View salary detail
Telephone Operators	$40,360	40	View salary detail
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers	$41,140	30	View salary detail
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other	$46,430	30	View salary detail
Art Directors	$90,000	—	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Technicians	$101,850	—	View salary detail

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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.