Job opportunities vary greatly by location. As the tables below clearly show, individual cities and towns offer employment opportunities which differ from those you'll find in other places. Some places feature jobs in technology, some in manufacturing, others in education, etc. Whether choosing a career path or seeking a new job, it pays to consider which careers are favored in the area in which you live or to which are willing to move.
Select the city you want or just browse down this page to see the analysis for each city:
| Asheville, NC
Durham, NC
Greensboro, NC
Jacksonville, NC
Wilmington, NC
| Burlington, NC
Fayetteville, NC
Greenville, NC
Raleigh, NC
Winston-Salem, NC
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Charlotte, NC
Goldsboro, NC
Hickory, NC
Rocky Mount, NC
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NOTE: A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Asheville, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Asheville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $28,780 | 370 | 6.6 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $32,370 | 790 | 5.5 | | Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $32,870 | 360 | 5.4 | | Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $20,500 | 150 | 5.2 | | Family and general practitioners | $154,510 | 510 | 4.5 | | Lodging managers | $55,710 | 130 | 4.3 | | Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | $29,170 | 210 | 4.2 | | Physician assistants | $68,750 | 280 | 4.1 | | Real estate brokers | $31,270 | 130 | 4.1 | | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | $34,620 | 420 | 4 | | (Click for the full list of Asheville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Burlington, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Burlington and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $24,420 | 760 | 109.4 | | Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | $24,490 | 310 | 74.5 | | Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $21,420 | 410 | 50.7 | | Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | $21,180 | 240 | 9.5 | | Sewing machine operators | $21,730 | 590 | 8.6 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $18,060 | 930 | 7.3 | | Cement masons and concrete finishers | $29,340 | 470 | 6.7 | | Amusement and recreation attendants | $16,380 | 420 | 5.7 | | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | $22,010 | 870 | 5.2 | | Machine feeders and offbearers | $20,280 | 190 | 5.2 | | (Click for the full list of Burlington careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Charlotte, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Charlotte and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Models | $21,300 | 120 | 90.8 | | Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $21,460 | 2,350 | 16.7 | | Real estate brokers | $53,050 | 1,820 | 11.8 | | Broadcast news analysts | $62,800 | 200 | 10.9 | | Paperhangers | $30,070 | 160 | 10.8 | | Athletes and sports competitors | $168,370 | 320 | 8.5 | | Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | $47,190 | 160 | 7.4 | | Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $23,190 | 820 | 6.8 | | Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | $21,110 | 370 | 6.2 | | Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | $22,370 | 410 | 5.7 | | (Click for the full list of Charlotte careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Durham, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Durham and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Life scientists, all other | $66,790 | 880 | 66.9 | | Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | $103,970 | 3,940 | 50.2 | | Law teachers, postsecondary | $90,250 | 320 | 33.9 | | Biological technicians | $38,080 | 1,960 | 21.7 | | Political science teachers, postsecondary | $95,120 | 230 | 16.5 | | Natural sciences managers | $130,660 | 970 | 14.9 | | Biological scientists, all other | $75,930 | 470 | 13.4 | | Physical scientists, all other | $74,580 | 360 | 12.9 | | Physics teachers, postsecondary | $85,140 | 130 | 10.8 | | Economics teachers, postsecondary | $117,680 | 130 | 10.3 | | (Click for the full list of Durham careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Fayetteville, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Fayetteville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Avionics technicians | $41,180 | 110 | 11.3 | | Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | $31,040 | 160 | 7.4 | | Teachers and instructors, all other | $33,720 | 2,280 | 6.4 | | Helpers--carpenters | $0 | 340 | 4.9 | | Real estate brokers | $42,850 | 100 | 4.6 | | Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | $33,370 | 160 | 3.5 | | Home health aides | $17,240 | 1,770 | 3.2 | | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | $38,870 | 160 | 3.1 | | Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | $44,880 | 160 | 3 | | All other information and record clerks | $43,860 | 780 | 3 | | (Click for the full list of Fayetteville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Goldsboro, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Goldsboro and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Home health aides | $17,840 | 1,070 | 7 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $28,190 | 360 | 6.7 | | Family and general practitioners | $154,920 | 120 | 5.5 | | Machine feeders and offbearers | $19,120 | 130 | 5.2 | | Preschool teachers, except special education | $15,360 | 420 | 5 | | Switchboard operators, including answering service | $23,390 | 180 | 3.7 | | Packers and packagers, hand | $16,360 | 710 | 3.6 | | Bakers | $19,240 | 100 | 2.9 | | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | $18,560 | 130 | 2.5 | | Construction managers | $84,360 | 120 | 2.4 | | (Click for the full list of Goldsboro careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Greensboro, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Greensboro and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $22,940 | 2,180 | 35 | | Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $25,260 | 1,450 | 27.1 | | Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | $25,980 | 280 | 24.3 | | Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | $23,530 | 720 | 22.4 | | Upholsterers | $30,430 | 1,390 | 21.3 | | Fabric and apparel patternmakers | $29,190 | 310 | 17.3 | | Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | $23,610 | 360 | 13.6 | | Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,310 | 390 | 10.2 | | Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | $25,590 | 330 | 9.7 | | Set and exhibit designers | $24,830 | 120 | 9.1 | | (Click for the full list of Greensboro careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Greenville, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Greenville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Internists, general | $176,410 | 100 | 7.9 | | Motor vehicle operators, all other | $24,880 | 170 | 6.7 | | Healthcare support workers, all other | $27,410 | 390 | 5.7 | | Library technicians | $23,750 | 180 | 5.2 | | Home health aides | $17,450 | 1,150 | 4.4 | | Medical records and health information technicians | $26,330 | 230 | 3.6 | | Family and general practitioners | $159,060 | 130 | 3.5 | | Brickmasons and blockmasons | $33,160 | 150 | 3.4 | | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | $42,470 | 200 | 3.3 | | Preschool teachers, except special education | $18,440 | 440 | 3.1 | | (Click for the full list of Greenville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Hickory, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Hickory and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Model makers, wood | $25,640 | 140 | 324 | | Upholsterers | $35,430 | 3,190 | 107.2 | | Furniture finishers | $24,240 | 1,500 | 76.1 | | Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | $23,550 | 800 | 54.6 | | Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $25,590 | 1,300 | 53.1 | | Cutters and trimmers, hand | $30,560 | 1,180 | 48.1 | | Fabric and apparel patternmakers | $32,690 | 350 | 42.6 | | Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | $20,630 | 970 | 34 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $24,420 | 2,030 | 29 | | Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | $22,810 | 400 | 25.6 | | (Click for the full list of Hickory careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Jacksonville, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Jacksonville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | $38,910 | 100 | 6.1 | | Tire repairers and changers | $20,490 | 110 | 5.7 | | Fire fighters | $31,500 | 200 | 4.7 | | Brickmasons and blockmasons | $36,620 | 110 | 4.2 | | Training and development specialists | $30,740 | 210 | 3.9 | | Home health aides | $17,960 | 590 | 3.8 | | Bartenders | $13,540 | 350 | 3 | | All other information and record clerks | $36,490 | 210 | 2.9 | | Driver/sales workers | $15,660 | 270 | 2.8 | | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | $13,300 | 1,570 | 2.8 | | (Click for the full list of Jacksonville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Raleigh, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Raleigh and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Real estate brokers | $35,690 | 970 | 11.3 | | Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | $40,480 | 830 | 10.6 | | Vocational education teachers, middle school | $49,150 | 250 | 10.4 | | Life scientists, all other | $47,780 | 260 | 10.3 | | Logging equipment operators | $30,930 | 130 | 6.6 | | Environmental engineers | $65,940 | 1,010 | 6.6 | | Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | $37,340 | 120 | 6.3 | | Insurance appraisers, auto damage | $43,940 | 150 | 5.8 | | Forensic science technicians | $40,840 | 130 | 5.7 | | Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | $47,210 | 100 | 4.5 | | (Click for the full list of Raleigh careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Rocky Mount and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $22,780 | 110 | 19.1 | | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $23,840 | 270 | 5.7 | | Team assemblers | $23,090 | 2,300 | 5.3 | | Helpers--electricians | $20,510 | 150 | 4.9 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $26,450 | 410 | 4.5 | | Sewing machine operators | $19,220 | 310 | 3.9 | | Machinists | $29,870 | 520 | 3.8 | | Structural metal fabricators and fitters | $30,180 | 110 | 3.5 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $35,870 | 270 | 3.3 | | Personal and home care aides | $15,860 | 650 | 3.2 | | (Click for the full list of Rocky Mount careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Wilmington, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Wilmington and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Tour guides and escorts | $17,760 | 100 | 6.4 | | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $29,320 | 240 | 6 | | Real estate brokers | $40,800 | 120 | 5.3 | | Surveying and mapping technicians | $27,400 | 250 | 4.7 | | Helpers--carpenters | $22,140 | 330 | 4.6 | | Helpers--electricians | $23,030 | 280 | 4.1 | | Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | $29,700 | 140 | 3.9 | | Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | $42,880 | 260 | 3.8 | | Surgeons | $194,180 | 100 | 3.3 | | Motor vehicle operators, all other | $26,190 | 180 | 3.3 | | (Click for the full list of Wilmington careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Winston-Salem and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | $21,890 | 550 | 18.5 | | Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | $22,780 | 320 | 18 | | Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $21,040 | 170 | 8 | | Real estate brokers | $29,020 | 290 | 7.6 | | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $31,610 | 750 | 6.5 | | Legal support workers, all other | $46,110 | 470 | 5.4 | | Photographic process workers | $15,230 | 110 | 5 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $19,750 | 410 | 4.8 | | Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | $35,200 | 140 | 4.1 | | Sewing machine operators | $18,730 | 1,160 | 4 | | (Click for the full list of Winston-Salem careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
* A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Analysis (above) provided by CityTownInfo.com, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census.
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