Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Raleigh, NC

683 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Raleigh, NC for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$59,190	1,700	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$59,030	140	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$58,900	2,550	View salary detail
Clergy	$58,770	220	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$58,750	1,850	View salary detail
Music Directors and Composers	$58,570	40	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$58,470	690	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$57,950	930	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$57,890	290	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$57,410	630	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$57,330	1,230	View salary detail
Riggers	$57,000	50	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$56,940	1,090	View salary detail
Electricians	$56,800	3,740	View salary detail
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$56,770	310	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$56,490	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$56,450	60	View salary detail
Animal Trainers	$55,560	160	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$55,500	—	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$54,760	890	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$54,360	430	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$54,340	900	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$54,170	70	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$54,130	110	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$54,100	590	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$54,070	1,140	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$53,890	150	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$53,560	120	View salary detail
Midwives	$53,470	240	View salary detail
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$53,470	240	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$53,140	510	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$52,920	70	View salary detail
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$52,840	270	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$52,110	7,210	View salary detail
Archivists	$52,090	50	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$52,020	120	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$51,620	80	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$51,600	850	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$51,540	—	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$51,540	—	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$51,300	80	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$51,300	850	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$51,270	190	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$51,130	650	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$51,110	100	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$51,110	3,080	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$51,070	820	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,050	190	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$51,020	860	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$50,980	210	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.