Burlington Employment

Employment and Industries in the Burlington, North Carolina Area

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Most Popular Jobs in Burlington, North Carolina Metro Area (2006 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	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	620	46,010	$24,380 - 81,380	8%	51%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	510	36,600	$26,400 - 50,140	14%	95%
3	Accountants and auditors	320	44,130	$23,670 - 82,050	18%	79%
4	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	230	57,750	$25,990 - 112,570	12%	51%
5	Self-enrichment education teachers	150	36,300	$24,390 - 56,220	23%	54%
6	Insurance underwriters	130	47,780	$29,190 - 70,110	6%	53%
7	Sales managers	120	84,000	$29,930 - 0	10%	69%
8	Coaches and scouts	120	33,720	$13,500 - 54,370	15%	60%
9	Financial managers	110	87,490	$59,690 - 110,510	13%	60%
10	Pharmacists	100	97,670	$78,630 - 128,690	22%	97%
11	Social and human service assistants	90	23,230	$16,160 - 32,650	34%	58%
12	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	90	55,410	$41,770 - 76,870	8%	78%
13	Network and computer systems administrators	80	58,980	$37,120 - 79,370	27%	50%
14	Medical and health services managers	80	82,030	$56,140 - 118,730	16%	57%
15	Computer programmers	70	45,760	$23,740 - 68,460	0%	73%
16	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	70	43,530	$28,650 - 59,510	13%	73%
17	Social and community service managers	60	44,390	$33,930 - 65,400	25%	72%
18	Sales and related workers, all other	60	45,650	$16,490 - 82,530	14%	62%
19	Mechanical engineers	60	61,460	$35,760 - 86,810	4%	78%
20	Managers, all other	60	69,090	$41,300 - 106,510	7%	55%
21	Physical therapists	50	53,960	$39,520 - 70,130	27%	89%
22	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	50	37,500	$20,990 - 57,050	18%	56%
23	Industrial engineers	50	75,040	$49,800 - 112,680	20%	74%
24	Graphic designers	40	45,700	$25,380 - 70,960	10%	55%
25	Training and development specialists	40	39,980	$20,790 - 67,920	18%	56%
26	Librarians	40	45,180	$33,750 - 57,310	4%	85%
27	Civil engineers	30	76,560	$49,360 - 124,140	18%	87%
28	Detectives and criminal investigators	30	42,040	$30,780 - 53,800	17%	54%

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	2,200	20,880	$12,930 - 31,760	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,840	16,680	$12,460 - 21,630	-2%	10%
3	Waiters and waitresses	1,340	15,730	$11,590 - 24,410	11%	14%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,280	14,660	$11,510 - 18,880	18%	5%
5	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,210	20,590	$15,660 - 27,300	2%	5%
6	Office clerks, general	1,090	21,950	$14,880 - 29,510	13%	19%
7	Team assemblers	1,090	20,660	$13,590 - 29,540	0%	5%
8	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,070	27,470	$19,860 - 37,250	13%	16%
9	Home health aides	1,000	17,930	$15,270 - 22,340	49%	7%
10	General and operations managers	950	92,570	$42,560 - [?]	2%	48%
11	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	910	32,960	$21,050 - 48,340	4%	25%
12	Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	900	24,190	$16,950 - 32,720	-30%	0%
13	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	840	26,380	$18,810 - 35,720	1%	18%
14	Customer service representatives	830	27,630	$18,150 - 36,330	25%	22%
15	Packers and packagers, hand	830	18,090	$13,810 - 24,220	-11%	3%
16	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	820	21,550	$14,240 - 32,810	-6%	14%
17	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	780	21,530	$16,140 - 28,630	15%	4%
18	Stock clerks and order fillers	770	20,550	$14,070 - 28,640	-7%	8%
19	Maintenance and repair workers, general	720	31,660	$19,230 - 44,530	10%	6%
20	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	690	33,930	$23,470 - 49,430	10%	4%
21	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	640	19,720	$11,960 - 28,450	-4%	5%
22	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	620	42,270	$25,230 - 62,570	-4%	15%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	560	40,030	$25,650 - 56,490	6%	29%
24	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	490	37,740	$26,380 - 52,490	15%	18%
25	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	490	24,480	$15,180 - 34,860	4%	6%
26	Helpers--production workers	480	21,370	$15,990 - 28,050	0%	4%
27	Industrial truck and tractor operators	460	23,720	$16,510 - 31,770	-1%	2%
28	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	450	24,040	$19,800 - 28,820	8%	4%
29	Teacher assistants	440	16,950	$12,620 - 21,860	10%	18%
30	Cooks, restaurant	440	19,210	$16,020 - 24,520	12%	5%
31	Receptionists and information clerks	420	22,560	$16,430 - 28,900	17%	13%
32	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	410	20,490	$14,970 - 28,500	18%	6%
33	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	400	31,920	$21,220 - 43,740	11%	14%
34	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	390	52,200	$34,180 - 73,160	9%	10%
35	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	380	34,390	$22,390 - 48,310	14%	4%
36	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	360	49,540	$30,590 - 73,010	7%	13%
37	Business operations specialists, all other	330	47,340	$29,350 - 65,220	21%	49%
38	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	320	16,250	$12,080 - 21,450	13%	5%
39	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	310	20,290	$15,870 - 25,840	18%	7%
40	Amusement and recreation attendants	300	15,180	$11,560 - 19,070	24%	22%
41	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	300	35,720	$25,900 - 46,670	11%	4%
42	Carpenters	290	33,200	$17,950 - 45,100	10%	6%
43	Cement masons and concrete finishers	280	29,110	$22,140 - 35,470	11%	2%
44	Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	280	24,470	$18,990 - 32,050	-29%	0%
45	Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	280	22,090	$17,030 - 28,600	-23%	0%
46	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	260	34,950	$29,830 - 41,260	11%	33%
47	Construction laborers	260	23,080	$16,420 - 30,600	11%	5%
48	Industrial machinery mechanics	250	35,270	$25,030 - 49,040	9%	5%
49	Dishwashers	220	14,940	$11,670 - 18,320	10%	3%
50	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	220	14,890	$11,610 - 18,630	10%	17%
51	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	210	26,600	$19,320 - 33,780	4%	15%
52	Fire fighters	200	32,160	$24,740 - 42,530	12%	18%
53	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	200	38,130	$30,310 - 45,800	14%	7%
54	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	190	29,210	$25,580 - 34,340	-14%	0%
55	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	170	48,970	$28,400 - 65,580	10%	17%
56	Postal service mail carriers	170	44,250	$34,360 - 56,470	1%	11%
57	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	170	15,790	$11,750 - 21,450	14%	3%
58	Counter and rental clerks	170	21,700	$12,530 - 33,950	23%	16%
59	Tire repairers and changers	160	22,210	$16,790 - 28,080	20%	6%
60	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	160	31,590	$25,810 - 36,190	-4%	4%
61	Bill and account collectors	160	28,510	$19,710 - 36,590	23%	13%
62	Legal secretaries	150	29,960	$25,940 - 36,360	12%	18%
63	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	150	29,420	$21,740 - 36,810	8%	3%
64	Machine feeders and offbearers	150	21,960	$15,010 - 28,170	-14%	0%
65	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	140	21,280	$14,460 - 30,300	12%	0%
66	Dental assistants	140	32,070	$25,610 - 39,120	29%	9%
67	Loan officers	140	45,820	$33,420 - 65,130	12%	49%
68	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	140	19,240	$12,660 - 27,890	-3%	3%
69	Order clerks	140	42,510	$21,400 - 57,240	-23%	16%
70	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	140	27,210	$20,520 - 35,850	-12%	4%
71	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	130	39,460	$24,960 - 56,620	13%	17%
72	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	130	19,090	$13,320 - 25,580	11%	5%
73	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	130	31,650	$17,810 - 50,950	4%	30%
74	Industrial production managers	130	68,740	$37,360 - 103,460	-5%	43%
75	Sales representatives, services, all other	130	51,050	$24,010 - 69,240	28%	48%
76	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	130	60,110	$28,220 - 107,690	4%	38%
77	Medical assistants	120	24,880	$19,010 - 31,610	35%	10%
78	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	120	14,290	$11,530 - 17,740	12%	6%
79	Recreation workers	110	22,500	$16,460 - 34,170	13%	47%
80	Driver/sales workers	110	29,420	$15,190 - 41,500	-4%	4%
81	Security guards	110	31,460	$18,560 - 45,160	17%	13%
82	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	110	32,440	$25,690 - 39,510	12%	3%
83	Maintenance workers, machinery	110	33,740	$17,300 - 56,270	0%	0%
84	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	110	31,710	$26,260 - 36,300	-6%	0%
85	Photographers	110	22,300	$12,550 - 28,810	10%	46%
86	Pharmacy technicians	110	20,890	$14,820 - 28,460	32%	16%
87	Brickmasons and blockmasons	100	28,390	$22,790 - 33,610	10%	3%
88	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	100	57,070	$40,520 - 81,370	9%	47%
89	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	100	44,140	$28,900 - 70,150	0%	42%
90	Loan interviewers and clerks	90	26,530	$23,560 - 30,270	0%	24%
91	File clerks	90	17,650	$12,160 - 26,010	-40%	20%
92	Real estate brokers	90	39,210	$28,480 - 59,280	11%	45%
93	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	90	29,090	$21,180 - 37,700	0%	22%
94	Nonfarm animal caretakers	90	20,300	$16,590 - 24,340	18%	16%
95	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	80	46,790	$37,770 - 58,640	9%	33%
96	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	80	26,660	$12,360 - 39,750	3%	18%
97	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	80	45,650	$31,770 - 63,700	18%	15%
98	Medical secretaries	80	26,920	$20,960 - 35,160	17%	18%
99	Switchboard operators, including answering service	80	25,070	$19,190 - 35,600	-7%	10%
100	Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	70	23,940	$13,960 - 39,200	-10%	13%

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Jobs More Common Near Burlington Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	24,190	900	125.8
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	24,470	280	79.2
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	22,090	280	39.5
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	19,240	140	6
Photographers	22,300	110	5.4
Tire repairers and changers	22,210	160	5.4
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	19,720	640	5.2
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	31,710	110	5.2
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	21,550	820	5.2
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,210	140	4.9
Maintenance workers, machinery	33,740	110	4.9
Machine feeders and offbearers	21,960	150	4.5
Home health aides	17,930	1,000	4
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	31,590	160	3.9
Amusement and recreation attendants	15,180	300	3.8
Cement masons and concrete finishers	29,110	280	3.7
Insurance underwriters	47,780	130	3.7
Industrial machinery mechanics	35,270	250	3.3
Packers and packagers, hand	18,090	830	3
Helpers--production workers	21,370	480	3
Self-enrichment education teachers	36,300	150	2.9
Team assemblers	20,660	1,090	2.9
Fire fighters	32,160	200	2.8
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	42,270	620	2.8
Coaches and scouts	33,720	120	2.6
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	21,280	140	2.6
Brickmasons and blockmasons	28,390	100	2.6
Industrial production managers	68,740	130	2.5
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	32,960	910	2.3
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	49,540	360	2.3
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	29,210	190	2.3
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	48,970	170	2.2
Industrial truck and tractor operators	23,720	460	2.2
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	39,460	130	2.1
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	35,720	300	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	52,200	390	1.9
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	24,480	490	1.8
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	14,890	220	1.7
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	34,390	380	1.7
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	57,750	230	1.6
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	27,470	1,070	1.6
Waiters and waitresses	15,730	1,340	1.6
Maintenance and repair workers, general	31,660	720	1.6
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	34,950	260	1.6
General and operations managers	92,570	950	1.6
Order clerks	42,510	140	1.6
Cooks, restaurant	19,210	440	1.6
Cashiers	16,680	1,840	1.5
Legal secretaries	29,960	150	1.5
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,660	1,280	1.5

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Burlington, North Carolina Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Order clerks	42,510	1.58	140
Security guards	31,460	1.37	110
Driver/sales workers	29,420	1.19	110
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	31,920	1.12	400
Dental assistants	32,070	1.07	140
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	31,710	1.07	110
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	29,210	1.05	190
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	19,240	1.05	140
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	37,740	1.05	490
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	31,590	1.04	160
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	38,130	1.03	200
General and operations managers	92,570	1.03	950
Sales representatives, services, all other	51,050	1.02	130
Coaches and scouts	33,720	1.02	120
Financial managers	87,490	1.02	110
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	21,530	1.01	780
Postal service mail carriers	44,250	1.01	170
Self-enrichment education teachers	36,300	1.01	150
Receptionists and information clerks	22,560	1.01	420
Recreation workers	22,500	1	110
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	48,970	0.99	170
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	34,390	0.99	380
Counter and rental clerks	21,700	0.99	170
Tire repairers and changers	22,210	0.98	160
Bill and account collectors	28,510	0.98	160
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	24,470	0.98	280
Customer service representatives	27,630	0.97	830
Maintenance and repair workers, general	31,660	0.97	720
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	24,190	0.97	900
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	39,460	0.97	130
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	33,930	0.96	690
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,210	0.96	140
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	26,380	0.96	840
Waiters and waitresses	15,730	0.96	1,340
Helpers--production workers	21,370	0.95	480
Dishwashers	14,940	0.95	220
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	52,200	0.95	390
Packers and packagers, hand	18,090	0.95	830
Cashiers	16,680	0.95	1,840
Medical assistants	24,880	0.95	120
Cooks, restaurant	19,210	0.95	440
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,600	0.94	210
Maintenance workers, machinery	33,740	0.94	110
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	22,090	0.94	280
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,550	0.93	770
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,660	0.93	1,280
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	40,030	0.92	560
Office clerks, general	21,950	0.92	1,090
Sales managers	84,000	0.92	120
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	14,890	0.92	220

Highest Paying Jobs in Burlington, North Carolina Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Family and general practitioners	106,560
Pharmacists	97,670	100
General and operations managers	92,570	950
Financial managers	87,490	110
Sales managers	84,000	120
Medical and health services managers	82,030	80
Civil engineers	76,560	30
Construction managers	75,190	70
Industrial engineers	75,040	50
Managers, all other	69,090	60
Industrial production managers	68,740	130
Physician assistants	67,720
Mechanical engineers	61,460	60
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	60,110	130
Electrical engineers	59,230
Network and computer systems administrators	58,980	80
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	57,750	230
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	57,070	100
Administrative services managers	55,510	60
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	55,410	90
Food service managers	54,740	50
Physical therapists	53,960	50
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	52,200	390
Dental hygienists	52,090
Sales representatives, services, all other	51,050	130
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	49,540	360
Tool and die makers	49,100	50
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	48,970	170
Automotive body and related repairers	47,810	50
Insurance underwriters	47,780	130
Business operations specialists, all other	47,340	330
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	46,790	80
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	46,010	620
Loan officers	45,820	140
Computer programmers	45,760	70
Graphic designers	45,700	40
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	45,650	80
Sales and related workers, all other	45,650	60
Librarians	45,180	40
Social and community service managers	44,390	60
Postal service mail carriers	44,250	170
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	44,140	100
Accountants and auditors	44,130	320
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment	43,850	40
Construction and building inspectors	43,710	40
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	43,530	70
Order clerks	42,510	140
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	42,270	620
Cost estimators	42,230	60
Public relations specialists	42,180

Large Companies Headquartered in Burlington

Company	Revenue 2005 (billions)
Laboratory Corp. of America	3.3

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