Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Rocky Mount, NC

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Dental Assistants	$48,490	80	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$48,090	840	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$47,830	360	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$47,770	320	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$47,770	30	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$47,600	60	View salary detail
Carpenters	$47,490	140	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$47,270	100	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$46,550	40	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$46,360	290	View salary detail
Firefighters	$46,210	220	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$45,710	510	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$44,640	30	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,550	350	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$44,480	520	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,320	590	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$43,930	50	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$43,670	70	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,560	30	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$43,230	50	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$43,130	120	View salary detail
Tellers	$43,110	100	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$42,840	510	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$42,770	50	View salary detail
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	$42,410	30	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$42,080	40	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$41,620	40	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$41,620	40	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$41,530	50	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$41,480	420	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$41,400	870	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,290	170	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$41,060	90	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$40,700	220	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,690	70	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$40,600	270	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$40,570	50	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$40,480	140	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$40,390	40	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$40,360	—	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$40,360	90	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,320	100	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$40,320	70	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$40,260	140	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$40,260	140	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$40,260	140	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$40,260	140	View salary detail
Roofers	$40,100	40	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,970	70	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$39,950	150	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.