Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in North Carolina

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	$54,810	110	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$54,650	600	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$54,120	2,880	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$53,840	310	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$53,660	120	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$53,550	3,630	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$53,330	2,950	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$53,180	2,250	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$53,160	4,100	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$52,890	1,710	View salary detail
Real Estate Brokers	$52,830	1,560	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$52,760	—	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$52,640	13,000	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$52,450	370	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	$52,270	760	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$52,050	790	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$52,010	20,650	View salary detail
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	$51,930	670	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$51,810	3,720	View salary detail
Designers, All Other	$51,740	120	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$51,700	490	View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$51,690	90	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$51,680	3,620	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$51,630	1,100	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$51,530	62,400	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$51,470	550	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$51,470	550	View salary detail
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers	$51,460	160	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$51,430	930	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$51,240	7,960	View salary detail
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$51,180	480	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$51,030	440	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$50,750	300	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$50,730	2,780	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$50,600	4,050	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,590	11,750	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$50,550	11,900	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$50,520	5,180	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$50,500	400	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$50,440	3,680	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$50,390	1,460	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$50,380	11,450	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$50,190	2,020	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$50,050	2,900	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$50,030	1,780	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$50,000	3,660	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$49,940	1,760	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$49,760	600	View salary detail
Boilermakers	$49,720	150	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$49,700	990	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.