Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.3) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC moved from $41,130 in May 2024 to $42,920 in May 2025 (+4.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC sits +1.3 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 38240 · Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #404/528
- RPP-LOW 88.3
- OCC-THIN 199 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $338K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE +1.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hill Country Reg…
- BOOK-MOST 198 rows · May 2025
Read with Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area ($6 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
Where Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC already employs the upper wage tier
Physicians, All Other and Software Developers lead published employment inside Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 240 jobs · $338,170
- 2. Software Developers 200 jobs · $130,240
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $106,850
- 4. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $131,770
- 5. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $146,830
- 6. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $124,930
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $124,520
- 8. Construction Managers 100 jobs · $109,230
- 9. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $132,170
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $107,810
- 11. Lawyers 80 jobs · $105,510
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $137,460
- 13. Computer Occupations, All Other 70 jobs · $106,200
- 14. Personal Financial Advisors 70 jobs · $101,040
- 15. Computer Network Architects 60 jobs · $116,420
- 16. Veterinarians 50 jobs · $126,190
- 17. Administrative Services Managers 50 jobs · $99,990
- 18. Data Scientists 40 jobs · $102,740
Occupations Tracked
199
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,291
employment-weighted, 198 complete rows
Top Salary
$338,170
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
88.3
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 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 | Physicians, All Other | $338,170 |
| 2 | Software Developers | $130,240 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,850 |
| 4 | Physician Assistants | $131,770 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $146,830 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $124,930 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,520 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $109,230 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $132,170 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $107,810 |
| 11 | Lawyers | $105,510 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,460 |
| 13 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $106,200 |
| 14 | Personal Financial Advisors | $101,040 |
| 15 | Computer Network Architects | $116,420 |
| 16 | Veterinarians | $126,190 |
| 17 | Administrative Services Managers | $99,990 |
| 18 | Data Scientists | $102,740 |
| 19 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $101,140 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $100,450 |
| 21 | Facilities Managers | $98,250 |
| 22 | Natural Sciences Managers | $168,850 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers | $148,630 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $124,300 |
| 25 | Mechanical Engineers | $96,180 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $23,170 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,190 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,610 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,480 |
| Cashiers | $27,710 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,740 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $28,140 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $28,200 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,200 |
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 ($53,291 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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