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.
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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