Durham Employment

Employment and Industries in the Durham, North Carolina Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Durham than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Durham.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Durham.
A list of any large public companies in Durham.

Most Popular Jobs in Durham, North Carolina Metro Area (2008 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	10,500	59,600	$42,060 - 80,210	24%	56%
2	Computer software engineers, systems software	4,860	97,560	$65,950 - 136,040	28%	85%
3	Computer systems analysts	3,750	82,430	$50,070 - 125,650	29%	68%
4	Computer software engineers, applications	3,140	94,160	$59,480 - 133,270	45%	85%
5	Accountants and auditors	2,830	65,220	$39,450 - 97,620	18%	79%
6	Medical scientists, except epidemiologists	2,210	88,220	$51,100 - 131,600	20%	99%
7	Computer and information systems managers	2,170	126,320	$77,540 -	16%	73%
8	Elementary school teachers, except special education	2,110	43,020	$30,950 - 58,620	14%	95%
9	Computer programmers	2,060	84,910	$48,440 - 133,170	0%	73%
10	Biological technicians	1,750	42,730	$29,060 - 60,890	16%	60%
11	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	1,730	47,660	$31,080 - 66,970	12%	51%
12	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	1,580	58,630	$26,180 - 110,130	8%	51%
13	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	1,410	46,910	$34,120 - 64,340	6%	96%
14	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	1,370	79,070	$36,520 - 127,090	12%	51%
15	Managers, all other	1,350	104,200	$56,340 - 160,680	7%	55%
16	Social scientists and related workers, all other	1,350	41,700	$28,520 - 55,740	5%	90%
17	Financial managers	1,350	106,030	$56,830 - 162,110	13%	60%
18	Management analysts	1,290	83,520	$48,020 - 129,640	22%	78%
19	Natural sciences managers	1,250	135,010	$65,100 -	11%	93%
20	Chemists	1,040	72,880	$42,650 - 108,920	9%	93%
21	Social and human service assistants	980	28,910	$21,520 - 39,040	34%	58%
22	Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	980	73,480	$49,960 - 107,440	12%	94%
23	Network and computer systems administrators	950	75,310	$48,900 - 106,140	27%	50%
24	Sales managers	940	96,960	$35,830 -	10%	69%
25	Financial analysts	870	71,870	$47,090 - 103,500	34%	87%
26	Operations research analysts	830	59,340	$43,480 - 79,510	11%	71%
27	Lawyers	820	109,800	$42,490 -	11%	99%
28	Database administrators	810	73,500	$51,880 - 105,930	29%	72%
29	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	780	43,510	$31,750 - 60,480	11%	95%
30	Pharmacists	720	103,000	$86,240 - 128,520	22%	97%
31	Child, family, and school social workers	710	42,500	$29,640 - 56,580	19%	77%
32	Market research analysts	690	86,570	$42,380 - 136,900	20%	82%
33	Network systems and data communications analysts	680	76,560	$38,030 - 117,980	53%	57%
34	Marketing managers	660	132,440	$76,480 -	14%	69%
35	Industrial engineers	660	82,350	$55,800 - 122,010	20%	74%
36	Medical and health services managers	660	103,530	$56,510 - 161,150	16%	57%
37	Public relations specialists	640	58,770	$34,380 - 102,250	18%	81%
38	Training and development specialists	610	61,000	$34,090 - 93,830	18%	56%
39	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	600	103,080	$51,270 - 163,400	25%	67%
40	Biochemists and biophysicists	570	79,870	$42,470 - 128,600	16%	95%
41	Biological scientists, all other	560	76,940	$47,530 - 117,380	4%	95%
42	Personal financial advisors	560	68,970	$39,430 - 101,470	41%	81%
43	Teachers and instructors, all other	550	30,450	$16,870 - 60,260	9%	54%
44	Education administrators, postsecondary	540	74,550	$41,690 - 127,680	14%	78%
45	Electronics engineers, except computer	530	108,890	$71,280 - 157,900	4%	81%
46	Statisticians	510	85,640	$49,540 - 126,610	9%	93%
47	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	500	37,860	$27,350 - 50,820	15%	51%
48	Electrical engineers	480	83,280	$53,810 - 123,770	6%	81%
49	Civil engineers	460	71,180	$46,090 - 100,380	18%	87%
50	Microbiologists	450	67,220	$39,390 - 101,330	11%	95%
51	Computer specialists, all other	430	77,200	$33,340 - 125,180	15%	68%
52	Graphic designers	420	42,390	$26,140 - 62,530	10%	55%
53	Education, training, and library workers, all other	400	50,680	$27,430 - 80,400	11%	79%
54	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	400	74,370	$41,440 - 119,610	25%	93%
55	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	400	80,530	$47,980 - 121,890	8%	78%
56	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	400	44,640	$32,720 - 60,300	20%	87%
57	Physical therapists	400	72,650	$56,400 - 90,820	27%	89%
58	Librarians	390	53,230	$36,340 - 75,590	4%	85%
59	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	380	68,840	$43,520 - 102,120	17%	56%
60	Mental health counselors	380	38,000	$28,980 - 50,800	30%	73%
61	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	370	62,600	$39,400 - 97,610	18%	56%
62	Social and community service managers	360	54,580	$35,370 - 81,430	25%	72%
63	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	360	50,970	$30,970 - 81,790	18%	56%
64	Survey researchers	360	46,040	$29,090 - 66,030	16%	82%
65	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	350	61,640	$36,530 - 93,830	5%	58%
66	Mechanical engineers	350	70,800	$54,110 - 87,690	4%	78%
67	Occupational therapists	330	64,970	$51,230 - 84,280	23%	90%
68	Speech-language pathologists	320	57,140	$42,190 - 82,730	11%	98%
69	Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other	310	45,980	$28,590 - 69,950	15%	72%
70	Editors	300	49,320	$28,380 - 77,000	2%	81%
71	Medical and public health social workers	290	48,480	$34,240 - 65,570	24%	77%
72	Purchasing managers	290	106,420	$61,650 - 154,670	3%	57%
73	Physician assistants	290	77,560	$61,060 - 98,710	27%	67%
74	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	280	47,850	$33,540 - 63,680	13%	73%
75	Architects, except landscape and naval	270	59,950	$40,620 - 93,410	18%	88%
76	Health educators	270	66,960	$38,110 - 107,990	26%	58%
77	Writers and authors	260	47,770	$32,040 - 66,610	13%	84%
78	Instructional coordinators	260	60,880	$34,230 - 91,290	23%	79%
79	Coaches and scouts	260	47,500	$19,080 - 89,920	15%	60%
80	Tax preparers	260		$ -	0%	54%
81	Dietitians and nutritionists	250	48,280	$35,100 - 64,480	9%	72%
82	Technical writers	250	65,500	$40,700 - 98,720	20%	74%
83	Life scientists, all other	230	77,080	$51,090 - 106,740	15%	99%
84	Engineers, all other	230	81,590	$51,970 - 124,150	6%	82%
85	Mental health and substance abuse social workers	220	39,130	$29,050 - 55,260	30%	77%
86	Advertising sales agents	220	43,400	$15,910 - 70,120	20%	56%
87	Physical scientists, all other	220	102,890	$68,890 - 146,110	6%	98%
88	Computer and information scientists, research	220	95,570	$49,840 - 148,330	22%	68%
89	Sales engineers	210	98,440	$42,940 - 153,240	9%	79%
90	Dentists, general	210	171,210	$91,330 -	9%	100%
91	Rehabilitation counselors	200	32,450	$23,770 - 44,810	23%	73%
92	Environmental engineers	190	88,160	$49,240 - 125,050	25%	86%
93	Self-enrichment education teachers	180	45,210	$22,400 - 78,650	23%	54%
94	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	170	49,270	$34,920 - 64,260	0%	96%
95	Compensation and benefits managers	170	113,660	$68,040 -	12%	58%
96	Training and development managers	160	122,500	$86,920 - 164,110	16%	58%
97	Veterinarians	160	74,610	$49,330 - 118,040	35%	100%
98	Chief executives	160	192,320	$122,340 -	2%	65%
99	Insurance underwriters	150	48,820	$26,060 - 83,270	6%	53%
100	Sales and related workers, all other	150	51,950	$16,600 - 92,130	14%	62%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	6,790	22,730	$14,310 - 34,230	12%	25%
2	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	6,460	39,630	$28,390 - 52,150	15%	18%
3	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	5,430	17,050	$13,640 - 22,860	18%	5%
4	Office clerks, general	5,240	29,660	$19,170 - 40,210	13%	19%
5	Cashiers	4,810	18,020	$13,840 - 23,480	-2%	10%
6	Customer service representatives	4,190	34,280	$21,250 - 49,180	25%	22%
7	Waiters and waitresses	4,110	18,260	$13,690 - 27,800	11%	14%
8	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	4,030	21,470	$15,420 - 26,660	15%	4%
9	Business operations specialists, all other	3,740	64,590	$36,260 - 103,040	21%	49%
10	General and operations managers	3,490	125,880	$57,140 -	2%	48%
11	Home health aides	3,450	22,590	$17,380 - 28,660	49%	7%
12	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	3,300	34,390	$23,100 - 47,490	13%	16%
13	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	3,080	31,650	$22,640 - 41,940	1%	18%
14	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	2,950	21,950	$14,600 - 31,160	2%	5%
15	Maintenance and repair workers, general	2,820	36,420	$23,990 - 50,640	10%	6%
16	Stock clerks and order fillers	2,720	22,560	$14,920 - 31,720	-7%	8%
17	Team assemblers	2,410	25,770	$17,380 - 37,490	0%	5%
18	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	2,400	37,670	$22,210 - 59,580	4%	25%
19	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	2,400	19,460	$14,480 - 25,560	13%	5%
20	Food preparation workers	2,200	18,200	$13,710 - 26,080	15%	7%
21	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	2,180	46,780	$30,030 - 65,890	6%	29%
22	Computer support specialists	2,160	47,600	$30,530 - 67,170	13%	43%
23	Teacher assistants	2,120	21,410	$15,490 - 26,210	10%	18%
24	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	1,910	25,700	$21,530 - 32,640	18%	7%
25	Receptionists and information clerks	1,800	25,150	$17,100 - 33,450	17%	13%
26	Physicians and surgeons, all other	1,710	75,160	$44,990 - 165,900	0%	0%
27	Healthcare support workers, all other	1,610	28,610	$19,180 - 40,500	16%	10%
28	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	1,600	23,600	$15,210 - 32,420	18%	6%
29	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	1,570	31,150	$19,840 - 45,680	11%	14%
30	Cooks, restaurant	1,520	22,790	$16,410 - 30,510	12%	5%
31	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	1,420	26,020	$17,770 - 37,070	4%	6%
32	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	1,380	51,260	$32,140 - 71,420	9%	10%
33	Preschool teachers, except special education	1,350	24,770	$16,150 - 34,130	26%	43%
34	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	1,280	29,120	$18,060 - 44,950	8%	4%
35	Carpenters	1,180	31,710	$22,370 - 42,760	10%	6%
36	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	1,140	60,630	$34,410 - 95,770	-4%	15%
37	Construction laborers	1,130	23,440	$16,380 - 31,660	11%	5%
38	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	1,100	41,930	$31,010 - 57,250	11%	33%
39	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	1,100	38,300	$17,750 - 69,540	14%	4%
40	Electricians	1,080	39,390	$30,440 - 50,340	7%	7%
41	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,080	38,620	$26,960 - 65,030	10%	4%
42	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	1,040	16,700	$13,730 - 20,010	10%	8%
43	Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other	1,010	40,260	$28,950 - 54,060	10%	46%
44	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	1,000	41,120	$33,040 - 51,360	14%	7%
45	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	940	60,430	$38,200 - 85,410	7%	13%
46	Dishwashers	890	17,870	$14,090 - 22,340	10%	3%
47	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	890	34,810	$26,260 - 46,150	4%	15%
48	Medical secretaries	850	32,090	$23,770 - 41,180	17%	18%
49	Security guards	850	29,410	$16,100 - 54,350	17%	13%
50	Fire fighters	810	34,580	$22,190 - 53,310	12%	18%
51	Pharmacy technicians	780	28,130	$17,990 - 39,500	32%	16%
52	Health technologists and technicians, all other	750	47,760	$31,030 - 80,000	15%	27%
53	Packers and packagers, hand	750	17,700	$13,810 - 23,540	-11%	3%
54	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	710	64,090	$39,460 - 97,320	0%	42%
55	Amusement and recreation attendants	710	17,620	$13,760 - 24,410	24%	22%
56	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	710	16,300	$13,570 - 20,160	12%	6%
57	Radiologic technologists and technicians	700	54,710	$43,100 - 67,300	15%	25%
58	Loan counselors	700	31,720	$26,460 - 39,680	4%	49%
59	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	680	35,620	$20,760 - 55,800	-6%	14%
60	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	680	16,560	$13,630 - 20,910	10%	17%
61	Helpers--production workers	670	19,720	$14,080 - 27,950	0%	4%
62	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	650	29,200	$22,160 - 38,560	10%	24%
63	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	630	32,110	$21,600 - 46,270	13%	11%
64	Loan officers	620	46,590	$30,080 - 68,940	12%	49%
65	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	610	32,730	$19,040 - 48,380	-4%	5%
66	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	600	22,370	$14,350 - 31,960	11%	5%
67	Computer operators	590	37,440	$26,880 - 52,200	-24%	27%
68	Cooks, short order	580	18,500	$13,650 - 27,230	5%	5%
69	Postal service mail carriers	580			1%	11%
70	Dental assistants	570	36,820	$28,110 - 48,560	29%	9%
71	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	570	84,370	$35,220 - 135,620	4%	38%
72	Medical assistants	560	29,870	$23,480 - 37,350	35%	10%
73	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	560	38,580	$27,030 - 51,350	9%	3%
74	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	550	32,110	$23,540 - 43,100	8%	3%
75	Counter and rental clerks	540	24,460	$14,390 - 39,870	23%	16%
76	Paralegals and legal assistants	540	42,970	$31,710 - 56,990	22%	45%
77	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	530	44,470	$28,200 - 65,330	10%	17%
78	Child care workers	530	19,790	$14,090 - 25,740	18%	15%
79	Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	520	44,140	$29,520 - 61,210	4%	18%
80	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	520	21,550	$16,760 - 27,990	13%	15%
81	Tellers	510	24,950	$20,770 - 31,400	14%	16%
82	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	510	39,530	$32,740 - 49,880	11%	4%
83	Sales representatives, services, all other	500	72,840	$34,000 - 145,760	28%	48%
84	Helpers--electricians	500	28,010	$21,030 - 38,300	7%	3%
85	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	500	43,770	$25,410 - 62,870	27%	47%
86	Driver/sales workers	490	21,540	$13,610 - 39,820	-4%	4%
87	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	490	38,990	$16,010 - 61,800	12%	6%
88	Industrial truck and tractor operators	470	26,960	$18,360 - 34,080	-1%	2%
89	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	460	21,030	$16,760 - 26,730	17%	14%
90	Bartenders	460	19,710	$13,790 - 30,010	11%	17%
91	Painters, construction and maintenance	450	27,520	$19,200 - 38,720	12%	6%
92	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	450	18,740	$14,470 - 24,210	10%	5%
93	Machinists	450	40,240	$22,920 - 62,160	-2%	3%
94	Production workers, all other	440	34,180	$24,230 - 46,880	2%	5%
95	Construction managers	440	102,840	$56,690 - 164,980	16%	29%
96	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	420	47,570	$33,450 - 65,540	3%	25%
97	Industrial production managers	420	101,000	$65,930 - 154,890	-5%	43%
98	Insurance sales agents	410	55,630	$28,570 - 110,970	13%	45%
99	All other information and record clerks	400	37,660	$22,670 - 53,500	-12%	21%
100	Telemarketers	390	24,570	$15,880 - 37,950	-9%	14%

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Jobs More Common Near Durham Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Social scientists and related workers, all other	41,700	1,350	27.6
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	73,480	980	19.4
Microbiologists	67,220	450	17.9
Biological technicians	42,730	1,750	15.5
Natural sciences managers	135,010	1,250	15
Life scientists, all other	77,080	230	14.9
Biochemists and biophysicists	79,870	570	13.9
Loan counselors	31,720	700	13.5
Biological scientists, all other	76,940	560	13.1
Statisticians	85,640	510	12.9
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists	88,220	2,210	12.9
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other		120	11.2
Survey researchers	46,040	360	10.9
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other	40,260	1,010	10.3
Social science research assistants	34,010	210	9.8
Physical scientists, all other	102,890	220	7.6
Operations research analysts	59,340	830	6.3
Chemists	72,880	1,040	6.2
Computer software engineers, systems software	97,560	4,860	5.8
Health technologists and technicians, all other	47,760	750	5.6
Power plant operators	50,860	180	5.5
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	47,660	1,730	5.2
Computer and information scientists, research	95,570	220	4.7
Healthcare support workers, all other	28,610	1,610	4.4
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary	91,600	110	4
Computer and information systems managers	126,320	2,170	3.5
Job printers	38,860	240	3.5
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary	59,760	130	3.5
Computer systems analysts	82,430	3,750	3.4
Database administrators	73,500	810	3.3
Education administrators, postsecondary	74,550	540	3.3
Physicians and surgeons, all other	75,160	1,710	3.2
Writers and authors	47,770	260	3.1
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other	45,980	310	3.1
Real estate brokers	50,230	260	3
Computer software engineers, applications	94,160	3,140	2.8
Nuclear medicine technologists	64,020	100	2.8
Computer operators	37,440	590	2.8
Training and development managers	122,500	160	2.7
Education, training, and library workers, all other	50,680	400	2.7
Lodging managers	46,700	140	2.7
Tax preparers		260	2.6
Technical writers	65,500	250	2.6
Dietitians and nutritionists	48,280	250	2.6
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	74,370	400	2.5
Biological science teachers, postsecondary	90,970	170	2.5
Helpers--electricians	28,010	500	2.4
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other	52,540	290	2.3
Computer programmers	84,910	2,060	2.3
Health educators	66,960	270	2.3

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Durham, North Carolina Metro Area (2008 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	48,130	1.63	300
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	38,990	1.55	490
Travel agents	47,830	1.52	110
Market research analysts	86,570	1.47	690
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary	89,110	1.46	120
Health educators	66,960	1.46	270
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	43,770	1.45	500
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary	91,600	1.41	110
Sales representatives, services, all other	72,840	1.4	500
Public relations managers	120,140	1.39	140
Training and development managers	122,500	1.38	160
Coaches and scouts	47,500	1.33	260
Sales and related workers, all other	51,950	1.32	150
Computer programmers	84,910	1.32	2,060
Electronics engineers, except computer	108,890	1.32	530
General and operations managers	125,880	1.31	3,490
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	103,080	1.3	600
Marketing managers	132,440	1.3	660
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	47,570	1.28	420
Chief executives	192,320	1.28	160
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	68,840	1.27	380
Compensation and benefits managers	113,660	1.26	170
Managers, all other	104,200	1.26	1,350
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	32,730	1.25	610
Computer and information systems managers	126,320	1.25	2,170
Biological science teachers, postsecondary	90,970	1.24	170
Education, training, and library workers, all other	50,680	1.23	400
Library technicians	36,320	1.23	380
Natural sciences managers	135,010	1.23	1,250
Network and computer systems administrators	75,310	1.23	950
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	74,370	1.22	400
Medical and health services managers	103,530	1.22	660
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	61,640	1.22	350
Construction managers	102,840	1.22	440
Statisticians	85,640	1.22	510
Computer software engineers, applications	94,160	1.22	3,140
Training and development specialists	61,000	1.21	610
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	64,090	1.21	710
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	84,370	1.21	570
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	37,030	1.21	140
Logisticians	77,990	1.21	360
Computer systems analysts	82,430	1.2	3,750
Sales engineers	98,440	1.2	210
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	62,600	1.2	370
Purchasing managers	106,420	1.19	290
Network systems and data communications analysts	76,560	1.19	680
Environmental engineers	88,160	1.18	190
Library assistants, clerical	28,350	1.18	370
Production workers, all other	34,180	1.18	440
Self-enrichment education teachers	45,210	1.18	180

Highest Paying Jobs in Durham, North Carolina Metro Area (2008 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	192,320	160
Surgeons	192,130	60
Dentists, general	171,210	210
Family and general practitioners	145,690	330
Engineering managers	144,250
Pediatricians, general	136,050	70
Education administrators, all other	135,750	30
Natural sciences managers	135,010	1,250
Marketing managers	132,440	660
Optometrists	127,050	30
Computer and information systems managers	126,320	2,170
General and operations managers	125,880	3,490
Training and development managers	122,500	160
Public relations managers	120,140	140
Human resources managers, all other	116,370	70
Compensation and benefits managers	113,660	170
Lawyers	109,800	820
Postsecondary teachers, all other	109,160
Electronics engineers, except computer	108,890	530
Purchasing managers	106,420	290
Financial managers	106,030	1,350
Managers, all other	104,200	1,350
Medical and health services managers	103,530	660
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	103,080	600
Pharmacists	103,000	720
Physical scientists, all other	102,890	220
Construction managers	102,840	440
Industrial production managers	101,000	420
Sales engineers	98,440	210
Computer software engineers, systems software	97,560	4,860
Sales managers	96,960	940
Computer and information scientists, research	95,570	220
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	94,650	120
Computer software engineers, applications	94,160	3,140
Sociology teachers, postsecondary	93,960	40
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary	91,600	110
Biological science teachers, postsecondary	90,970	170
Chiropractors	89,310	40
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary	89,110	120
Computer science teachers, postsecondary	88,920	100
Landscape architects	88,690
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary	88,680	50
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists	88,220	2,210
Environmental engineers	88,160	190
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors	86,940	60
Market research analysts	86,570	690
Statisticians	85,640	510
Psychology teachers, postsecondary	85,640	50
Computer programmers	84,910	2,060
Materials scientists	84,810

Large Companies Headquartered in Durham

Company	Revenue 2005 (billions)
Quintiles Transnational	2.1

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