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
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$91,200	11,080	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$91,100	4,820	View salary detail
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$90,420	190	View salary detail
Art Directors	$90,000	—	View salary detail
Audiologists	$88,920	450	View salary detail
Special Effects Artists and Animators	$88,350	370	View salary detail
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$87,370	440	View salary detail
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$86,850	150	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$86,650	4,670	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathologists	$86,460	5,600	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$86,320	2,860	View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists	$86,270	690	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$86,010	2,970	View salary detail
Microbiologists	$85,860	1,050	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$85,630	160	View salary detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$85,240	600	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$85,120	1,180	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$84,770	220	View salary detail
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,630	160	View salary detail
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation	$84,470	380	View salary detail
Transportation Inspectors	$84,470	380	View salary detail
Aviation Inspectors	$84,470	380	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$84,350	111,120	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$84,350	111,120	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$84,350	111,120	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$84,350	111,120	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$84,350	111,120	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$83,420	1,080	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$83,180	11,220	View salary detail
Chemists	$82,620	4,530	View salary detail
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,360	210	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$82,350	1,830	View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$82,220	570	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$82,190	260	View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors	$82,050	49,270	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	$81,960	430	View salary detail
Artists and Related Workers, All Other	$81,850	80	View salary detail
Hydrologists	$81,770	150	View salary detail
Gas Plant Operators	$81,460	320	View salary detail
Transportation Planners	$81,420	1,770	View salary detail
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$81,420	1,770	View salary detail
Urban and Regional Planners	$81,230	1,630	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$81,080	900	View salary detail
Computer Programmers	$81,070	4,120	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$80,900	4,190	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$80,900	4,190	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$80,900	4,190	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$80,780	7,860	View salary detail
Logisticians	$80,780	7,860	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$80,780	7,860	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.