Burlington, NC Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Burlington, NC - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Burlington, NC moved from $40,980 in May 2024 to $44,010 in May 2025 (+7.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Burlington, NC sits +4.3 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Burlington, NC
Retail Salespersons publishes $29,630 here versus $35,410 nationally (-16.3%; 2,570metro-area jobs). Next is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $43,750 locally versus $40,240 nationally (+8.7%).
- Retail Salespersons$29,630 in Burlington, NC sits 16.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,570 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$43,750 in Burlington, NC sits 8.7% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,660 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Burlington, NC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 15500 · Burlington, NC $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #418/528
- RPP-LOW 93.2
- OCC-MID 263 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $350K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-AHEAD +4.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Cape Girardeau,…
- BOOK-MOST 260 rows · May 2025
Read with Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (+$12 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Burlington, NC
Employment scale inside Burlington, NC's top-pay list
Software Developers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Burlington, NC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 270 jobs · $127,570
- 2. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $129,740
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $110,090
- 4. Financial Managers 190 jobs · $134,760
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 180 jobs · $112,690
- 6. Managers, All Other 180 jobs · $112,090
- 7. Construction Managers 180 jobs · $104,470
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $165,490
- 9. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $130,730
- 10. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 110 jobs · $103,690
- 11. Computer Systems Analysts 100 jobs · $118,590
- 12. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $350,130
- 13. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $164,770
- 14. Nurse Practitioners 80 jobs · $131,980
- 15. Administrative Services Managers 80 jobs · $104,010
- 16. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $166,330
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $150,080
- 18. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $135,220
Occupations Tracked
263
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,033
employment-weighted, 260 complete rows
Top Salary
$350,130
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
93.2
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Burlington, NC
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $350,130 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $166,330 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $165,490 |
| 4 | Marketing Managers | $164,770 |
| 5 | Natural Sciences Managers | $163,020 |
| 6 | Purchasing Managers | $152,870 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $150,080 |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers | $135,220 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $134,760 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,980 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $130,730 |
| 12 | Veterinarians | $129,800 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $129,740 |
| 14 | Software Developers | $127,570 |
| 15 | Electrical Engineers | $119,650 |
| 16 | Computer Systems Analysts | $118,590 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects | $118,130 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $113,200 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $112,690 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $112,090 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $110,090 |
| 22 | Construction Managers | $104,470 |
| 23 | Administrative Services Managers | $104,010 |
| 24 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $103,690 |
| 25 | Information Security Analysts | $103,140 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Burlington, NC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $27,140 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,170 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,450 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,710 |
| Recreation Workers | $27,860 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,100 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,620 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $28,670 |
| Cashiers | $28,690 |
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | $29,190 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in NC
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside NC. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($53,033 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.