North Carolina Careers and Salaries

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
Purchasing Managers	$138,710	2,670	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$59,030	2,660	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$58,600	2,650	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$59,190	2,650	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$56,680	2,610	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$100,730	2,610	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$61,400	2,610	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$47,620	2,580	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,400	2,560	View salary detail
Sales Engineers	$121,530	2,530	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$48,000	2,520	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$48,000	2,520	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$97,290	2,520	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$33,870	2,510	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$76,040	2,490	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$47,080	2,470	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$59,360	2,470	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$47,080	2,470	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$47,080	2,470	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$60,650	2,460	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$61,720	2,460	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$57,200	2,410	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$63,010	2,370	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$46,520	2,350	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,200	2,330	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$49,200	2,310	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$49,200	2,310	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$49,200	2,310	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$53,180	2,250	View salary detail
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$151,540	2,240	View salary detail
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$63,370	2,140	View salary detail
Photographers	$37,120	2,130	View salary detail
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$70,050	2,130	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$58,080	2,110	View salary detail
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists	$115,920	2,090	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$42,990	2,090	View salary detail
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$115,920	2,090	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$64,290	2,070	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$37,370	2,040	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$74,240	2,030	View salary detail
Web Developers	$96,610	2,030	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$38,100	2,020	View salary detail
Training and Development Managers	$126,200	2,020	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$50,190	2,020	View salary detail
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$29,000	2,000	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$48,740	2,000	View salary detail
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	$55,460	1,990	View salary detail
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$40,090	1,980	View salary detail
File Clerks	$43,260	1,970	View salary detail
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,700	1,960	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.