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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

What professions have the highest employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. We note that the total employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 153,120. The most popular job is the laborers and freight, stock, and material mover profession, which employs 5,980 people (3.91 percent of the total employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC). The second most common job is the miscellaneous assemblers and fabricator profession which employs 4,180 people (2.73 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	153,120	100.00%	$38,220
2	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	5,980	3.91%	$37,540
3	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	4,180	2.73%	$36,640
4	Cashiers	3,960	2.59%	$22,880
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,660	2.39%	$50,480
6	Retail Salespersons	3,530	2.31%	$27,560
7	Fast Food Cooks	3,070	2.00%	$22,150
8	Registered Nurses	3,030	1.98%	$65,830
9	Stockers and Order Fillers	3,020	1.97%	$30,190
10	Nursing Assistants	2,820	1.84%	$32,430
11	Upholsterers	2,690	1.76%	$48,780
12	Sewing Machine Operators	2,470	1.61%	$38,410
13	Customer Service Representatives	2,370	1.55%	$33,540
14	General and Operations Managers	2,350	1.53%	$92,070
15	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,190	1.43%	$24,830
16	Office Clerks, General	2,160	1.41%	$33,400
17	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,920	1.25%	$47,980
18	Waiters and Waitresses	1,890	1.23%	$20,380
19	Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,800	1.18%	$22,050
20	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,770	1.16%	$36,130
21	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	1,750	1.14%	$53,140
22	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,740	1.14%	$59,690
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	1,720	1.12%	$35,420
24	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,680	1.10%	$42,020
25	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	1,660	1.08%	$44,280
26	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	1,530	1.00%	$36,710
27	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,420	0.93%	$38,200
28	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,360	0.89%	$39,020
29	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,320	0.86%	$53,120
30	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,290	0.84%	$41,280
31	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,250	0.82%	$27,790
32	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,200	0.78%	$34,160
33	Restaurant Cooks	1,190	0.78%	$28,530
34	Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,090	0.71%	$30,360
35	Packers and Packagers	1,080	0.71%	$32,280
36	Accountants and Auditors	980	0.64%	$68,840
37	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	970	0.63%	$49,720
38	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	950	0.62%	$35,060
39	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	920	0.60%	$33,820
40	Other Production Workers	900	0.59%	$36,790
41	Medical Assistants	860	0.56%	$36,590
42	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	850	0.56%	$42,650
43	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	800	0.52%	$23,090
44	Correctional Officers and Jailers	800	0.52%	$38,560
45	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	750	0.49%	$55,790
46	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	740	0.48%	$45,460
47	Helpers--Production Workers	740	0.48%	$29,620
48	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	740	0.48%	$37,100
49	Food Preparation Workers	720	0.47%	$26,450
50	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	710	0.46%	$24,350
51	Cutters and Trimmers	710	0.46%	$46,010
52	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	700	0.46%	$31,910
53	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	680	0.44%	$53,180
54	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	670	0.44%	$29,950
55	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	660	0.43%	$60,860
56	Human Resources Specialists	650	0.42%	$56,150
57	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	640	0.42%	$50,970
58	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	640	0.42%	$57,410
59	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	630	0.41%	$50,230
60	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	620	0.40%	$24,180
61	Medical Secretaries	620	0.40%	$35,010
62	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	620	0.40%	$38,920
63	Firefighters	600	0.39%	$29,460
64	Security Guards	590	0.39%	$28,340
65	Construction Laborers	590	0.39%	$35,220
66	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	580	0.38%	$41,510
67	Electricians	580	0.38%	$45,790
68	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	560	0.37%	$42,600
69	Pharmacy Technicians	550	0.36%	$35,300
70	Other Business Operations Specialists	550	0.36%	$59,910
71	School Bus Drivers	540	0.35%	$33,990
72	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	530	0.35%	$49,220
73	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	530	0.35%	$64,670
74	Software Developers	510	0.33%	$113,850
75	Industrial Engineers	490	0.32%	$78,060
76	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	490	0.32%	$48,840
77	Industrial Production Managers	490	0.32%	$99,810
78	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	480	0.31%	$49,850
79	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	480	0.31%	$49,140
80	Counter and Rental Clerks	470	0.31%	$36,550
81	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	460	0.30%	$39,560
82	Driver/Sales Workers	460	0.30%	$19,610
83	Emergency Medical Technicians	440	0.29%	$37,770
84	Machinists	440	0.29%	$45,520
85	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	440	0.29%	$29,570
86	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	440	0.29%	$59,680
87	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	430	0.28%	$43,050
88	Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers	420	0.27%	$52,230
89	Construction Managers	420	0.27%	$79,720
90	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	400	0.26%	$40,290
91	All Other Physicians	390	0.25%	n/a
92	Insurance Sales Agents	390	0.25%	$39,020
93	Bartenders	380	0.25%	$22,540
94	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	380	0.25%	$40,160
95	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	380	0.25%	$36,190
96	Furniture Finishers	380	0.25%	$35,310
97	Computer User Support Specialists	370	0.24%	$49,340
98	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	370	0.24%	$29,340
99	Postal Service Mail Carriers	360	0.24%	$54,690
100	Financial Managers	360	0.24%	$127,770

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