Goldsboro, NC Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Goldsboro, NC moved from $38,540 in May 2024 to $40,570 in May 2025 (+5.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Goldsboro, NC sits +2.2 pp ahead of 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 24140 · Goldsboro, NC $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #487/528
- RPP-LOW 88.5
- OCC-THIN 194 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $309K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southeast Missou…
- BOOK-MOST 194 rows · May 2025
Read with Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area ($26 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Goldsboro, NC
Where Goldsboro, NC already employs the upper wage tier
Registered Nurses and Project Management Specialists lead published employment inside Goldsboro, NC's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 950 jobs · $82,740
- 2. Project Management Specialists 160 jobs · $88,780
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 140 jobs · $115,000
- 4. Construction Managers 120 jobs · $99,250
- 5. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $139,210
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $122,950
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $110,560
- 8. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $107,540
- 9. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $98,340
- 10. Financial Managers 80 jobs · $135,920
- 11. Lawyers 70 jobs · $113,980
- 12. Dental Hygienists 70 jobs · $83,350
- 13. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $128,370
- 14. Physicians, All Other 50 jobs · $309,210
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $124,290
- 16. Electrical Engineers 50 jobs · $101,260
- 17. Industrial Engineers 50 jobs · $97,220
- 18. Software Developers 50 jobs · $96,140
Occupations Tracked
194
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$49,316
employment-weighted, 194 complete rows
Top Salary
$309,210
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
88.5
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Goldsboro, NC, 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 | Registered Nurses | $82,740 |
| 2 | Project Management Specialists | $88,780 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $115,000 |
| 4 | Construction Managers | $99,250 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $139,210 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $122,950 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $110,560 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $107,540 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $98,340 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $135,920 |
| 11 | Lawyers | $113,980 |
| 12 | Dental Hygienists | $83,350 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $128,370 |
| 14 | Physicians, All Other | $309,210 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $124,290 |
| 16 | Electrical Engineers | $101,260 |
| 17 | Industrial Engineers | $97,220 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $96,140 |
| 19 | Physical Therapists | $89,210 |
| 20 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $85,900 |
| 21 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $81,970 |
| 22 | Dentists, General | $193,210 |
| 23 | Facilities Managers | $104,220 |
| 24 | Mechanical Engineers | $101,800 |
| 25 | Occupational Therapists | $86,870 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Goldsboro, NC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,230 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,510 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,620 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,330 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $26,560 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $26,920 |
| Cashiers | $27,170 |
| Dishwashers | $27,400 |
| Bartenders | $27,740 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $28,070 |
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 ($49,316 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
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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How to use Goldsboro, NC wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Goldsboro, NC at $309,210/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $49,316 adjusts to about $55,748 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.5. 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.