What work pays in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

2% cheaper than the US average
·NC·
344k jobs
Figures from US Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and BEA price parities
Price level 98
344,020 working
NC
28 occupations reported
and more...

The best-paid work here

Adjusted for what things cost locally, Sales Managers is the best-paid occupation in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC: $190,370 on paper, worth $195,111 once the local price level is taken into account.

What this place does more than anywhere else

Occupations concentrated here relative to the country as a whole.

Pay by occupation

OccupationHourlyAnnualWorth locally
Sales Managers$91.52/hr$190,370$195,111
Computer and Information Systems Managers$84.71/hr$176,190$180,578
Marketing Managers$84.21/hr$175,160$179,522
Financial Managers$79.55/hr$165,470$169,591
Human Resources Managers$77.20/hr$160,580$164,579
Managers, All Other$73.12/hr$152,090$155,877
Pharmacists$67.96/hr$141,360$144,880
Industrial Production Managers$66.32/hr$137,950$141,385
Software Developers$65.20/hr$135,620$138,997
Medical and Health Services Managers$64.41/hr$133,970$137,306
Lawyers$63.84/hr$132,790$136,097
Nurse Practitioners$63.61/hr$132,300$135,594
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$63.04/hr$131,120$134,385
Computer Occupations, All Other$60.72/hr$126,300$129,445
Management Analysts$60.63/hr$126,110$129,250
Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryNot published$125,510$128,635
Construction Managers$57.68/hr$119,980$122,968
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$55.92/hr$116,310$119,206
General and Operations Managers$54.77/hr$113,930$116,767
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$53.19/hr$110,640$113,395
Administrative Services Managers$51.79/hr$107,720$110,402
Data Scientists$51.20/hr$106,500$109,152
Computer Systems Analysts$51.16/hr$106,410$109,060
Project Management Specialists$50.42/hr$104,870$107,481
Industrial Engineers$49.47/hr$102,890$105,452
Financial and Investment Analysts$49.11/hr$102,140$104,683
Mechanical Engineers$48.87/hr$101,650$104,181
Dental Hygienists$48.78/hr$101,460$103,986

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Location

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Elsewhere in North Carolina

The same state income tax, a different price level. Each figure is the local cost of living against a national average of 100.

All work and pay in North Carolina

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