Jacksonville, NC Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Jacksonville, NC - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Jacksonville, NC moved from $37,610 in May 2024 to $40,230 in May 2025 (+7.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Jacksonville, NC sits +3.9 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Jacksonville, NC
Retail Salespersons publishes $29,480 here versus $35,410 nationally (-16.7%; 2,040metro-area jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,480 in Jacksonville, NC sits 16.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,040 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Jacksonville, NC; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27340 · Jacksonville, NC $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #484/528
- RPP-LOW 92.1
- OCC-MID 227 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $282K
- EMP-MIX Education Ad…
- TREND-AHEAD +3.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northeastern Sou…
- BOOK-MOST 227 rows · May 2025
Read with Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area ($70 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 Jacksonville, NC
Employment scale inside Jacksonville, NC's top-pay list
Education Administrators, All Other and Construction Managers lead published employment inside Jacksonville, NC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Education Administrators, All Other 260 jobs · $105,270
- 2. Construction Managers 180 jobs · $98,920
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $105,450
- 4. Software Developers 140 jobs · $123,110
- 5. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $124,530
- 6. Financial Managers 100 jobs · $121,420
- 7. Sales Managers 100 jobs · $107,000
- 8. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $132,850
- 9. Computer Systems Analysts 80 jobs · $98,100
- 10. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 80 jobs · $97,470
- 11. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $95,190
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $148,330
- 13. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $120,700
- 14. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 70 jobs · $93,640
- 15. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $116,300
- 16. Avionics Technicians 60 jobs · $97,240
- 17. Physicians, All Other 50 jobs · $282,050
- 18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $188,850
Occupations Tracked
227
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$49,454
employment-weighted, 227 complete rows
Top Salary
$282,050
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
92.1
8% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Jacksonville, NC
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $282,050 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $188,850 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $154,520 |
| 4 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $148,330 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $132,850 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $124,530 |
| 7 | Software Developers | $123,110 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $121,420 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,700 |
| 10 | Veterinarians | $120,430 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $116,300 |
| 12 | Engineers, All Other | $115,210 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $107,150 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $107,000 |
| 15 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,450 |
| 16 | Education Administrators, All Other | $105,270 |
| 17 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $103,120 |
| 18 | Computer Network Architects | $100,890 |
| 19 | Mechanical Engineers | $99,780 |
| 20 | Construction Managers | $98,920 |
| 21 | Computer Systems Analysts | $98,100 |
| 22 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $97,470 |
| 23 | Avionics Technicians | $97,240 |
| 24 | Physical Therapists | $95,190 |
| 25 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $93,640 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Jacksonville, NC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $20,300 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,900 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,130 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,560 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,260 |
| Cashiers | $26,380 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $26,830 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,330 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $27,440 |
| Parts Salespersons | $27,600 |
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 ($49,454 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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