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.
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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