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What jobs pay in Raleigh-Cary

$70,740avg. a year, all jobs
$34.01 an hour · 743,120 employed

Average and median pay for 45 common jobs in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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Pay for 45 jobs in Raleigh-Cary

Sorted by number of jobs. We list the jobs with the most workers in this metro area.

JobAvg. payJobs
Retail Salespersons$35,16018,660
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$40,43017,060
Cashiers$30,82014,350
Customer Service Representatives$45,71013,620
Fast Food and Counter Workers$30,03012,790
Registered Nurses$91,89012,780
Software Developers$136,64012,580
Stockers and Order Fillers$36,51012,300
Cooks, Fast Food$28,07011,500
Office Clerks, General$44,23011,350
Waiters and Waitresses$39,43010,290
General and Operations Managers$141,9309,520
Accountants and Auditors$93,3409,190
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$84,4508,970
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$83,8908,820
Project Management Specialists$113,0407,930
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,0807,600
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$86,5907,550
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$52,1807,550
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$34,9307,310
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$55,1107,210
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$49,7707,170
Cooks, Restaurant$36,3507,160
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$33,3306,970
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$89,9706,470
Nursing Assistants$40,4606,420
Construction Laborers$46,4906,360
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$52,5006,330
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$81,6506,080
Computer and Information Systems Managers$186,4406,010
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,4105,960
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$59,5105,830
Human Resources Specialists$80,8205,710
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$41,3105,710
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$55,8105,650
Computer User Support Specialists$67,5105,320
Food Preparation Workers$31,1605,290
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$70,4105,170
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$35,1004,960
Security Guards$40,7504,780
Civil Engineers$107,7104,640
Computer Systems Analysts$114,2804,530
Lawyers$164,2304,350
Managers, All Other$159,1504,320
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$58,3304,210
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Metro area: Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 39580). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.