Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $49,390 here versus $72,040 nationally (-31.4%; 2,230metro-area jobs). Next is Cooks, Fast Food at $22,680 locally versus $30,890 nationally (-26.6%).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$49,390 in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 31.4% below the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (2,230 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Fast Food$22,680 in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 26.6% below the national Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 (6,370 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$49,570 in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 22.5% below the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,410 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$28,200 in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area sits 20.0% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (5,350 published local jobs).
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 3700001 · Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #447/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 476 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $224K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Muncie, IN
- BOOK-FULL 465 rows · May 2025
Read with Muncie, IN ($59 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Eastern North Carolina nonm…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 690 jobs · $121,150
- 2. Pharmacists 590 jobs · $136,830
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 560 jobs · $124,710
- 4. Software Developers 530 jobs · $123,470
- 5. Sales Managers 520 jobs · $123,580
- 6. Financial Managers 470 jobs · $135,210
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 370 jobs · $144,400
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 370 jobs · $114,890
- 9. Physician Assistants 270 jobs · $123,390
- 10. Dentists, General 250 jobs · $220,060
- 11. Aerospace Engineers 250 jobs · $115,210
- 12. Physicians, All Other 240 jobs · $224,270
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 220 jobs · $155,620
- 14. Marketing Managers 180 jobs · $148,710
- 15. Human Resources Managers 180 jobs · $118,900
- 16. Veterinarians 170 jobs · $127,990
- 17. Nurse Anesthetists 110 jobs · $190,630
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $208,000
Occupations Tracked
476
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,768
employment-weighted, 465 complete rows
Top Salary
$224,270
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managers, All Other | $121,150 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $136,830 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $124,710 |
| 4 | Software Developers | $123,470 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $123,580 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $135,210 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $144,400 |
| 8 | Nurse Practitioners | $114,890 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $123,390 |
| 10 | Dentists, General | $220,060 |
| 11 | Aerospace Engineers | $115,210 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $224,270 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $155,620 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $148,710 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $118,900 |
| 16 | Veterinarians | $127,990 |
| 17 | Nurse Anesthetists | $190,630 |
| 18 | Family Medicine Physicians | $208,000 |
| 19 | Purchasing Managers | $124,280 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $118,240 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $218,990 |
| 22 | Natural Sciences Managers | $117,640 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $162,010 |
| 24 | Database Architects | $126,690 |
| 25 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $224,240 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,430 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,680 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $23,510 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,370 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,680 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $27,000 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,200 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $27,220 |
| Dishwashers | $27,610 |
| Cashiers | $27,880 |
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 ($51,768 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
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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