Greensboro-High Point, NC Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Greensboro-High Point, NC - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Greensboro-High Point, NC moved from $44,910 in May 2024 to $46,570 in May 2025 (+3.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Greensboro-High Point, NC sits +0.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Greensboro-High Point, NC
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $58,990 here versus $72,040 nationally (-18.1%; 2,300metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $29,440 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-17.8%).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$58,990 in Greensboro-High Point, NC sits 18.1% below the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (2,300 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,440 in Greensboro-High Point, NC sits 17.8% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (4,620 published local jobs).
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,020 in Greensboro-High Point, NC sits 15.5% below the national Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $35,510 (2,580 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$82,860 in Greensboro-High Point, NC sits 15.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (6,240 published local jobs).
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Greensboro-High Point, NC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 24660 · Greensboro-High Point, NC $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #238/528
- RPP-LOW 92.9
- OCC-MOST 499 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dermatologists · $458K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Grand Forks, ND-MN
- BOOK-FULL 493 rows · May 2025
Read with Grand Forks, ND-MN (+$5 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC
Employment scale inside Greensboro-High Point, NC's top-pay list
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Greensboro-High Point, NC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 1,710 jobs · $125,190
- 2. Financial Managers 1,340 jobs · $159,740
- 3. Sales Managers 1,140 jobs · $134,760
- 4. Managers, All Other 1,110 jobs · $132,890
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,020 jobs · $163,180
- 6. Lawyers 980 jobs · $126,960
- 7. Physicians, All Other 840 jobs · $364,620
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 820 jobs · $132,230
- 9. Pharmacists 710 jobs · $138,180
- 10. Marketing Managers 650 jobs · $151,880
- 11. Personal Financial Advisors 580 jobs · $126,310
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 530 jobs · $161,720
- 13. Human Resources Managers 420 jobs · $133,320
- 14. Purchasing Managers 210 jobs · $132,020
- 15. Dentists, General 190 jobs · $163,910
- 16. Veterinarians 180 jobs · $129,910
- 17. Natural Sciences Managers 170 jobs · $154,100
- 18. Chief Executives 160 jobs · $354,310
Occupations Tracked
499
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,596
employment-weighted, 493 complete rows
Top Salary
$457,770
Dermatologists
Cost of Living
92.9
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Greensboro-High Point, NC
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dermatologists | $457,770 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $364,620 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $354,310 |
| 4 | Nurse Anesthetists | $297,560 |
| 5 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $228,550 |
| 6 | Family Medicine Physicians | $207,820 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $163,910 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $163,180 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $161,720 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $159,740 |
| 11 | Natural Sciences Managers | $154,100 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $151,880 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $138,180 |
| 14 | Public Relations Managers | $136,490 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $134,760 |
| 16 | Commercial Pilots | $133,870 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $133,320 |
| 18 | Managers, All Other | $132,890 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioners | $132,230 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $132,020 |
| 21 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $131,930 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $129,910 |
| 23 | Lawyers | $126,960 |
| 24 | Personal Financial Advisors | $126,310 |
| 25 | Software Developers | $125,190 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Greensboro-High Point, NC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $20,820 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,580 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,460 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,880 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,200 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,420 |
| Cashiers | $28,630 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $29,030 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $29,050 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $29,190 |
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 ($58,596 here) and summed published employment.
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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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