Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC moved from $48,880 in May 2024 to $49,990 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC sits -0.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers publishes $151,540 here versus $232,140 nationally (-34.7%; 2,090metro-area jobs). Next is Firefighters at $38,700 locally versus $59,280 nationally (-34.7%).
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$151,540 in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC sits 34.7% below the national Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers median of $232,140 (2,090 published local jobs).
- Firefighters$38,700 in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC sits 34.7% below the national Firefighters median of $59,280 (4,700 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$32,010 in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC sits 23.2% below the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (2,570 published local jobs).
- Physicians, All Other$327,040 in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC sits 23.0% above the national Physicians, All Other median of $265,930 (2,400 published local jobs).
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 16740 · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $69K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #58/528
- RPP-MID 97.3
- OCC-MOST 656 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $573K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fort Collins-Lov…
- BOOK-FULL 636 rows · May 2025
Read with Fort Collins-Loveland, CO (+$34 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia
Employment scale inside Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 9,290 jobs · $172,760
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 8,120 jobs · $176,840
- 3. Sales Managers 5,930 jobs · $162,000
- 4. Marketing Managers 3,830 jobs · $166,200
- 5. Physicians, All Other 2,400 jobs · $327,040
- 6. Human Resources Managers 2,310 jobs · $158,930
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,830 jobs · $169,960
- 8. Dentists, General 1,140 jobs · $189,220
- 9. Nurse Anesthetists 910 jobs · $277,550
- 10. Chief Executives 740 jobs · $329,030
- 11. Natural Sciences Managers 460 jobs · $173,160
- 12. General Internal Medicine Physicians 390 jobs · $289,780
- 13. Compensation and Benefits Managers 300 jobs · $167,450
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 280 jobs · $269,270
- 15. Optometrists 260 jobs · $157,210
- 16. Dermatologists 180 jobs · $276,170
- 17. Pediatricians, General 170 jobs · $217,670
- 18. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 160 jobs · $353,740
Occupations Tracked
656
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,759
employment-weighted, 636 complete rows
Top Salary
$572,910
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
97.3
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $572,910 |
| 2 | Cardiologists | $528,750 |
| 3 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $353,740 |
| 4 | Neurologists | $337,600 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $329,030 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $327,040 |
| 7 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $289,780 |
| 8 | Nurse Anesthetists | $277,550 |
| 9 | Dermatologists | $276,170 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $269,270 |
| 11 | Podiatrists | $254,570 |
| 12 | Pediatricians, General | $217,670 |
| 13 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $195,770 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $189,220 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $176,840 |
| 16 | Natural Sciences Managers | $173,160 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $172,760 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $169,960 |
| 19 | Psychiatrists | $169,850 |
| 20 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $167,450 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $166,200 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $162,000 |
| 23 | Human Resources Managers | $158,930 |
| 24 | Medical Dosimetrists | $157,800 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $157,210 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,690 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,740 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,880 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,900 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $29,410 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,470 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,550 |
| Cashiers | $29,610 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $29,730 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $29,730 |
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 ($68,759 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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How to use Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC wage figures in a real decision
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric leads published medians in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC at $572,910/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $68,759 adjusts to about $70,632 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 97.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NC before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.