Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Winston, NC

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$49,250	80	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$49,240	860	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$49,240	860	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$49,180	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,120	180	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$48,990	830	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$48,910	110	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$48,870	200	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$48,850	—	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$48,590	150	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$48,580	150	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$48,560	530	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$48,540	130	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,520	390	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,360	2,880	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$48,170	140	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,100	60	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,090	390	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$47,910	140	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,890	80	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$47,860	150	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$47,740	90	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$47,730	160	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$47,590	770	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$47,570	110	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$47,330	420	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$47,230	120	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$47,150	190	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$47,120	170	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$47,120	170	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$47,090	2,480	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$47,080	170	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$47,050	130	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$46,980	130	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,860	160	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$46,780	160	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$46,660	2,240	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$46,630	50	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$46,570	570	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$46,570	570	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$46,570	570	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$46,570	570	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$46,430	250	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$46,370	1,230	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$46,370	60	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$46,370	3,980	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$46,280	80	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$46,260	120	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$46,200	250	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,160	100	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.