Rocky Mount, NC

246 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 40580.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Cashiers	1,630
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,440
Retail Salespersons	1,380
Cooks, Fast Food	1,260
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,250
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,180
Nursing Assistants	940
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	890
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	880
Office Clerks, General	870
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	840
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	740
Customer Service Representatives	730
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	640
General and Operations Managers	610
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	590
Waiters and Waitresses	580
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	550
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	520
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	510

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Cooks, Fast Food	5.59	1,260
Helpers--Electricians	5.29	120
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.10	170
Bakers	3.97	330
Paramedics	3.70	130
Rehabilitation Counselors	3.69	120
School Bus Monitors	3.62	100
Production Workers, All Other	3.32	290
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	3.09	120
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.93	380
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2.85	150
Sewing Machine Operators	2.80	100
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	2.67	360
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.65	350
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.60	400
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.53	140
Food Batchmakers	2.44	150
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.30	100
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations)	2.25	140
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.18	140

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$332,950
Marketing Managers	$162,220
Dentists, General	$161,810
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$155,170
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$137,120
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$133,480
Pharmacists	$133,320
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$130,720
Software Developers	$130,600
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$121,580
Sales Managers	$118,080
Nurse Practitioners	$117,880
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$116,930
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations)	$111,870
Human Resources Managers	$111,120
Construction Managers	$111,060
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$106,950
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,700
Medical and Health Services Managers	$104,570
Electrical Engineers	$104,230

All 246 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	360	$76,960	0.71
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$104,150	0.43
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	50	$49,140	4.11
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	120	$23,770	0.82
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$28,520	0.68
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$155,170	0.74
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$47,600	1.23
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	300	$38,880	1.19
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	70	$30,320	1.98
Bakers `51-3011`	330	$33,540	3.97
Bartenders `35-3011`	140	$33,800	0.52
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$42,080	0.70
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	30	$43,560	0.22
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	590	$44,320	1.23
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	270	$40,600	1.92
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$55,890	1.26
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	420	$63,140	1.11
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$35,720	0.89
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	190	$62,350	1.10
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	30	$42,410	1.40
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	120	$52,010	3.09
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	Not available	$54,390
Carpenters `47-2031`	140	$47,490	0.61
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,630	$26,610	1.51
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$57,920	0.50
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	180	$49,940	1.34
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	140	$28,130	0.77
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$85,490	0.42
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$79,770	0.36
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	360	$27,840	2.67
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$62,230	0.64
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	Not available	$40,360
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$42,770	0.92
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	70	$50,430	1.86
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	120	$68,880	0.83
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$52,960	0.95
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$93,190	0.42
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$84,310	0.27
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$49,830	0.69
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	110	$137,120	0.46
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	340	$38,100	0.89
Construction Managers `11-9021`	190	$111,060	1.40
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$74,790	0.79
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,260	$23,710	5.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	120	$33,560	0.79
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	420	$29,070	0.85
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	220	$48,740	1.66
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	110	$70,510	1.42
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	160	$36,240	1.11
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$47,270	1.65
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	30	$73,420	2.00
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1111`	50	$59,290	11.26
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	730	$34,680	0.80
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	40	$37,390	2.59
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	110	$37,090	1.76
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	50	$36,000	1.05
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	30	$111,870	0.34
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	80	$48,490	0.59
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	50	$88,390	0.60
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$161,810	0.99
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$67,970	0.83
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	30	$82,530	1.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	100	$26,820	0.52
Dishwashers `35-9021`	90	$27,540	0.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$49,120	0.71
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	120	$21,220	0.85
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	180	$80,030	1.56
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	50	$79,560	0.81
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$52,270	0.96
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	60	$104,230	0.81
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	70	$62,860	1.57
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	Not available	$37,850
Electricians `47-2111`	340	$58,710	1.28
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	550	$48,670	1.13
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	140	$39,700	2.53
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	140	$40,480	2.18
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	60	$100,910	1.11
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$70,020	0.33
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	70	$30,330	0.65
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$104,700	0.88
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	880	$26,850	0.65
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$133,480	0.48
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	60	$87,020	0.48
Firefighters `33-2011`	220	$46,210	1.82
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	380	$73,570	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$54,150	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	70	$58,870	2.14
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	410	$39,760	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$43,930	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$53,060	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	260	$71,910	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	100	$78,540	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	340	$59,160	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$86,420	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	450	$76,430	1.90
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	510	$45,710	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	320	$60,980	1.44
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	150	$39,710	2.44
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$28,850	0.82
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	40	$28,620	1.39
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	110	$28,760	1.02
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$71,430	0.97
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders `51-3091`	70	$40,690	10.16
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	40	$32,150	3.52
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	610	$94,610	0.50
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$52,070	0.46
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	60	$27,330	0.52
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	50	$56,900	0.70
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	140	$40,260	2.25
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	80	$65,550	1.24
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	150	$55,690	1.02
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	840	$48,090	1.16
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	120	$37,830	5.29
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters `47-3015`	50	$40,570	3.28
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	60	$48,870	1.16
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	890	$28,910	0.59
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$25,990	0.69
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$26,970	0.95
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$49,760	1.03
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$111,120	0.73
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	270	$61,660	0.85
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	70	$75,400	2.62
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	380	$92,840	2.93
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	400	$61,910	2.60
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	180	$130,720	2.09
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	410	$39,430	1.51
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	440	$49,660	2.09
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$41,620	0.69
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	80	$59,310	0.99
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$48,990	0.55
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$39,970	1.31
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	640	$30,920	0.82
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,440	$36,550	1.38
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	220	$37,150	0.65
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$30,830	1.02
Lawyers `23-1011`	100	$99,420	0.37
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$46,550	0.92
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	200	$62,080	0.88
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	310	$36,850	0.88
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$49,990	0.80
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$64,040	0.98
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	100	$81,950	1.15
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$56,920	0.92
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	370	$27,730	1.24
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	90	$60,670	4.33
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	520	$44,480	0.97
Management Analysts `13-1111`	80	$88,840	0.26
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	180	$121,580	0.81
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	160	$68,730	0.52
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$162,220	0.40
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	Not available	$21,470
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	130	$98,040	1.20
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	150	$39,950	0.53
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	90	$40,360	1.31
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	420	$41,480	1.25
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$104,570	0.72
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	60	$59,780	1.27
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$34,710	1.53
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	360	$47,830	1.65
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	740	$37,480	1.50
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	170	$41,290	5.10
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	70	$52,640	1.10
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	100	$40,320	2.30
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$88,790	0.66
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$47,770	2.55
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	40	$117,880	0.37
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	940	$37,650	1.84
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$78,850	1.08
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$100,780	0.72
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	870	$41,400	1.01
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	70	$43,670	1.08
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	170	$48,640	1.01
Order Clerks `43-4151`	40	$39,740	1.63
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	350	$44,550	2.65
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	290	$27,760	1.46
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$40,390	0.52
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	120	$49,140	0.87
Paramedics `29-2043`	130	$52,470	3.70
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	200	$28,820	2.10
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$49,390	0.89
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$97,320	0.64
Pharmacists `29-1051`	130	$133,320	1.16
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	220	$40,700	1.32
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$39,660	1.28
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	70	$65,220	1.82
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$103,030	0.83
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$116,930	0.88
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$332,950	0.40
Pipelayers `47-2151`	50	$43,230	3.95
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	140	$56,220	0.87
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	390	$62,750	1.66
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$66,460	1.20
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	170	$55,710	1.49
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators `43-5053`	80	$62,610	2.16
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	150	$30,280	0.88
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$44,640	0.65
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	290	$46,360	3.32
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	280	$60,380	2.03
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	290	$91,010	0.76
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	80	$56,260	0.71
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	90	$41,060	1.56
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$61,030	0.54
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$48,530	1.65
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$72,170	1.04
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	50	$41,530	0.70
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	190	$34,720	0.58
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	180	$24,840	1.53
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	150	$26,580	2.85
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,180	$82,300	0.99
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	120	$43,130	3.69
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	70	$73,830	1.42
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,380	$28,830	1.01
Roofers `47-2181`	40	$40,100	0.78
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$118,080	0.62
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	280	$59,990	0.62
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	490	$60,740	1.12
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	100	$39,080	3.62
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	320	$47,770	0.86
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	510	$42,840	0.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	200	$56,360	1.15
Security Guards `33-9032`	120	$36,810	0.27
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	100	$29,230	2.80
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	210	$39,600	0.73
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$33,330	0.39
Slaughterers and Meat Packers `51-3023`	30	$31,570	1.32
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$76,190	0.96
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	120	$39,100	0.78
Software Developers `15-1252`	120	$130,600	0.20
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	50	$47,910	0.56
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$54,910	0.76
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$93,850	0.90
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,250	$35,050	1.26
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$52,060	0.69
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	150	$30,590	0.80
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$57,570	1.03
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	50	$53,780	2.40
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	410	$27,590	0.83
Tellers `43-3071`	100	$43,110	0.83
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	210	$63,140	1.29
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$106,950	1.07
Tutors `25-3041`	70	$33,780	1.15
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$34,450	1.09
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	580	$26,900	0.73
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$51,100	1.23
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	70	$40,320	3.66
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	250	$49,600	1.74