Greenville, NC Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Greenville, NC moved from $44,980 in May 2024 to $46,560 in May 2025 (+3.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Greenville, NC sits +0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Greenville, NC
Retail Salespersons publishes $29,250 here versus $35,410 nationally (-17.4%; 2,370metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $81,670 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-16.3%).
- Retail Salespersons$29,250 in Greenville, NC sits 17.4% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,370 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$81,670 in Greenville, NC sits 16.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,770 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Greenville, NC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 24780 · Greenville, NC $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #251/528
- RPP-LOW 88.4
- OCC-MID 289 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $323K
- EMP-MIX Health Speci…
- TREND-INLINE +0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Lawrence, KS
- BOOK-MOST 288 rows · May 2025
Read with Lawrence, KS ($33 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 Greenville, NC
Where Greenville, NC already employs the upper wage tier
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Greenville, NC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 700 jobs · $181,290
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 500 jobs · $133,220
- 3. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 300 jobs · $111,510
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 280 jobs · $130,430
- 5. Pharmacists 270 jobs · $143,480
- 6. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $142,420
- 7. Software Developers 230 jobs · $123,680
- 8. Managers, All Other 210 jobs · $135,290
- 9. Physician Assistants 190 jobs · $142,950
- 10. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 180 jobs · $140,490
- 11. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $131,330
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $158,250
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $128,600
- 14. Computer Occupations, All Other 120 jobs · $116,080
- 15. Mechanical Engineers 120 jobs · $108,340
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $163,580
- 17. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 70 jobs · $114,390
- 18. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $156,950
Occupations Tracked
289
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,312
employment-weighted, 288 complete rows
Top Salary
$322,720
Radiologists
Cost of Living
88.4
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Greenville, 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 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $181,290 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $133,220 |
| 3 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $111,510 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,430 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $143,480 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $142,420 |
| 7 | Software Developers | $123,680 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $135,290 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $142,950 |
| 10 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $140,490 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $131,330 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $158,250 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $128,600 |
| 14 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $116,080 |
| 15 | Mechanical Engineers | $108,340 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,580 |
| 17 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $114,390 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $156,950 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $155,280 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $113,110 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $174,990 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $128,250 |
| 23 | Information Security Analysts | $108,590 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other | $140,970 |
| 25 | Radiologists | $322,720 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Greenville, NC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $18,720 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $22,620 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,600 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $24,030 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $26,100 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,710 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,290 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $27,370 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,630 |
| Cashiers | $27,720 |
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 ($58,312 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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