Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Jacksonville, NC

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Jacksonville, NC (ranked by annual average salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid workers) and the number of employment of each job in Jacksonville, NC are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Jacksonville, NC is systems software developers with an average annual salary of $171,150. The second highest paying job is nurse practitioners (average salary $103,070). The salary and the employment information in Jacksonville, NC is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2018 [1].

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Jacksonville, NC

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Systems Software Developers	$171,150	$93,770	0
2	Nurse Practitioners	$103,070	$82,360	40
3	All Other Managers	$100,210	$65,960	40
4	Financial Managers	$98,530	$60,180	40
5	Veterinarians	$96,080	$67,900	30
6	Physician Assistants	$92,420	$72,720	40
7	Medical and Health Services Managers	$91,950	$74,570	100
8	Sales Managers	$89,640	$44,540	50
9	Civil Engineers	$89,600	$63,130	40
10	General and Operations Managers	$84,950	$47,420	390
11	Computer Programmers	$84,370	$66,410	0
12	Applications Software Developers	$83,230	$42,950	0
13	Construction Managers	$81,450	$56,450	40
14	Engineers, All Other	$80,030	$65,050	30
15	Database Administrators	$79,520	$63,760	0
16	Other Education Administrators	$78,090	$64,110	220
17	Speech-Language Pathologists	$76,570	$63,610	30
18	Logisticians	$74,580	$53,800	80
19	Administrative Services Managers	$74,390	$46,880	30
20	Other Computer Occupations	$74,090	$61,850	160
21	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$72,890	$45,010	90
22	Management Analysts	$70,450	$53,090	130
23	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	$69,660	$42,070	50
24	Other Business Operations Specialists	$68,230	$46,410	470
25	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$68,220	$55,420	50
26	Computer Systems Analysts	$66,200	$40,750	40
27	Other Financial Specialists	$63,130	$47,460	60
28	Accountants and Auditors	$62,930	$42,950	150
29	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$61,410	$42,810	30
30	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$60,580	$46,570	80
31	Human Resources Specialists	$59,760	$37,370	100
32	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$59,730	$54,730	40
33	Compliance Officers	$59,720	$36,150	50
34	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	$59,410	$41,750	50
35	Loan Officers	$58,920	$29,860	90
36	Postal Service Clerks	$58,550	$39,570	30
37	First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers	$58,430	$27,220	70
38	Training and Development Specialists	$58,350	$35,100	110
39	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	$56,630	$39,650	80
40	Computer Network Support Specialists	$56,530	$41,180	40
41	Cost Estimators	$56,290	$39,740	70
42	Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	$54,650	$42,350	30
43	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$54,430	$35,010	90
44	Food Service Managers	$52,590	$34,840	90
45	Other Motor Vehicle Operators	$52,190	$46,640	60
46	All Other Teachers and Instructors Except Substitute Teachers	$49,620	$27,270	420
47	Property, Real Estate Managers	$49,430	$28,510	30
48	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$48,570	$40,680	60
49	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$48,490	$32,910	30
50	Librarians	$47,820	$41,280	60
51	Civil Engineering Technicians	$47,210	$35,310	30
52	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians	$44,760	$30,240	50
53	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$44,760	$34,730	390
54	Firefighters	$44,750	$28,230	260
55	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$44,590	$37,240	90
56	Healthcare Social Workers	$44,250	$33,800	30
57	Rehabilitation Counselors	$43,760	$30,710	50
58	Machinists	$41,700	$25,270	40
59	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$40,520	$33,700	40
60	Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$39,410	$32,880	0
61	Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers	$39,120	$22,630	70
62	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$38,920	$32,500	110
63	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$38,410	$28,640	80
64	Word Processors and Typists	$38,150	$29,370	40
65	Other Healthcare Support Workers	$37,800	$25,070	70
66	Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	$36,420	$31,730	90
67	Meter Readers, Utilities	$35,060	$26,320	30
68	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$35,050	$27,570	30
69	Computer User Support Specialists	$34,940	$22,610	160
70	Highway Maintenance Workers	$34,920	$27,060	50
71	Preschool and Childcare Center Education Administrators	$33,780	$21,100	30
72	Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	$31,940	$26,500	50
73	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$31,250	$22,400	40
74	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$30,940	$24,370	0
75	Phlebotomists	$29,330	$25,160	30
76	Graphic Designers	$29,060	$19,730	40
77	Coaches and Scouts	$28,330	$25,260	0
78	Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$27,850	$19,980	40
79	All Occupations	$27,710	$17,230	46,070
80	School or Special Client Bus Drivers	$25,620	$19,830	370
81	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$25,230	$17,920	40
82	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators (Except Postal Service)	$25,060	$17,420	80
83	Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	$23,800	$17,530	300
84	Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$23,110	$18,980	30
85	Helpers--Production Workers	$22,100	$18,660	120
86	Teacher Assistants	$21,910	$16,950	670
87	Tax Preparers	$21,860	$16,190	50
88	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$19,870	$16,390	80
89	Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	$19,530	$16,390	40
90	Personal Care Aides	$18,910	$16,420	130
91	All other assemblers and fabricators	$18,750	$15,860	0
92	Fast Food Cooks	$17,620	$15,850	0

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