Greensboro-High Point, NC

Across all occupations in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area, the median wage is $46,570 a year ($22.39 an hour) and the mean $59,180, May 2025. That median is −9% against the US median of $50,980 and −3% against North Carolina's $47,970. BLS counts 365,410 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is dermatologists; the largest is laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.

All occupations: Greensboro-High Point, NC vs North Carolina and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, North Carolina and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Greensboro-High Point, NC	Hourly	$13.66	$17.01	$22.39	$31.54	$48.35	$28.45	365,410
Greensboro-High Point, NC	Annual	$28,410	$35,370	$46,570	$65,610	$100,560	$59,180	365,410
North Carolina	Hourly	$13.74	$17.32	$23.06	$36.35	$57.52	$30.91	4,941,820
North Carolina	Annual	$28,580	$36,030	$47,970	$75,610	$119,640	$64,290	4,941,820
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

500 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: North Carolina. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Greensboro-High Point, NC

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Dermatologists	$457,770	$220.08	80
2	Physicians, All Other	$364,620	$175.30	840
3	Chief Executives	$354,310	$170.34	160
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$297,560	$143.06	100
5	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$228,550	$109.88	**
6	Family Medicine Physicians	$207,820	$99.91	100
7	Dentists, General	$163,910	$78.80	190
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers in North Carolina	$163,180	$78.45	1,020
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$161,720	$77.75	530
10	Financial Managers in North Carolina	$159,740	$76.80	1,340
11	Natural Sciences Managers	$154,100	$74.09	170
12	Marketing Managers	$151,880	$73.02	650
13	Pharmacists	$138,180	$66.43	710
14	Public Relations Managers	$136,490	$65.62	70
15	Sales Managers in North Carolina	$134,760	$64.79	1,140
16	Commercial Pilots	$133,870	*	110
17	Human Resources Managers	$133,320	$64.10	420
18	Managers, All Other in North Carolina	$132,890	$63.89	1,110
19	Nurse Practitioners	$132,230	$63.57	820
20	Purchasing Managers	$132,020	$63.47	210

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Greensboro-High Point, NC

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in North Carolina	13,470	36.86	1.94	$37,190
2	Retail Salespersons in North Carolina	9,510	26.02	1.04	$30,750
3	Cashiers in North Carolina	7,510	20.55	1.03	$28,630
4	Stockers and Order Fillers in North Carolina	7,470	20.45	1.12	$35,840
5	Customer Service Representatives in North Carolina	7,460	20.41	1.22	$41,240
6	Cooks, Fast Food in North Carolina	6,850	18.74	4.55	$27,880
7	Fast Food and Counter Workers in North Carolina	6,790	18.59	0.75	$28,200
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in North Carolina	6,480	17.73	1.34	$58,480
9	Registered Nurses in North Carolina	6,240	17.06	0.79	$82,860
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in North Carolina	5,890	16.12	1.78	$41,260
11	Nursing Assistants in North Carolina	5,280	14.45	1.55	$38,260
12	Waiters and Waitresses in North Carolina	5,210	14.25	0.98	$30,060
13	General and Operations Managers in North Carolina	4,710	12.89	0.57	$100,930
14	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in North Carolina	4,620	12.65	0.46	$29,440
15	Office Clerks, General in North Carolina	4,510	12.34	0.78	$41,260
16	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in North Carolina	4,380	11.99	0.84	$34,520
17	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in North Carolina	4,350	11.90	1.49	$72,630
18	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in North Carolina	3,870	10.60	1.71	$44,500
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in North Carolina	3,530	9.67	0.98	$47,320
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in North Carolina	3,440	9.41	1.06	$46,990

Most concentrated occupations in Greensboro-High Point, NC

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	18.35	230	0.63	$39,600
2	Upholsterers	15.76	750	2.04	$49,040
3	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	15.06	460	1.26	$36,730
4	Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	14.02	200	0.55	$37,020
5	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	11.94	620	1.69	$37,290
6	Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	8.20	220	0.61	$34,790
7	Furniture Finishers	8.07	270	0.75	$39,110
8	Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	7.07	150	0.41	$38,940
9	Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	7.03	220	0.61	$35,380
10	Sewing Machine Operators	5.93	1,460	4.00	$32,470

Occupation groups in Greensboro-High Point, NC

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$112,120	$132,650	19,880	54.41	0.76
Computer and Mathematical	$96,930	$99,690	7,590	20.77	0.61
Architecture and Engineering	$90,120	$95,310	6,020	16.48	0.98
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$79,040	$102,070	19,730	53.99	0.85
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$76,090	$81,090	2,640	7.22	0.76
Business and Financial Operations	$75,630	$84,410	21,710	59.42	0.88
Legal	$74,140	$106,650	1,980	5.41	0.64
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$56,730	$58,020	16,840	46.10	1.18
Community and Social Service	$55,160	$56,320	4,400	12.03	0.70
Educational Instruction and Library	$51,170	$56,230	20,350	55.70	0.95
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$50,560	$67,150	4,010	10.99	0.83
Construction and Extraction	$49,380	$54,270	14,060	38.49	0.93
Protective Service	$47,300	$51,690	9,230	25.26	1.04
Office and Administrative Support	$45,200	$47,300	40,350	110.42	0.97
Production	$44,870	$46,920	34,560	94.58	1.72
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$40,620	$42,990	340	0.92	0.33
Transportation and Material Moving	$39,560	$44,120	43,400	118.78	1.35
Healthcare Support	$37,510	$38,860	14,380	39.36	0.77
Sales and Related	$36,760	$52,820	34,490	94.39	1.09
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,240	$36,240	9,950	27.23	0.93
Personal Care and Service	$32,700	$35,750	6,090	16.68	0.80
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,280	$32,600	33,400	91.40	1.04

Every occupation in North Carolina, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 500 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Greensboro-High Point, NC estimates (area 24660).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.