Goldsboro Employment

Employment and Industries in the Goldsboro, 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 Goldsboro than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Goldsboro.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Goldsboro.
A list of any large public companies in Goldsboro.

Most Popular Jobs in Goldsboro, North Carolina Metro Area (2007 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	950	54,790	$41,340 - 68,270	24%	56%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	670	40,230	$30,050 - 51,830	14%	95%
3	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	500	41,110	$18,120 - 60,290	8%	51%
4	Social and human service assistants	250	25,070	$17,960 - 39,630	34%	58%
5	Rehabilitation counselors	230	27,280	$21,510 - 33,540	23%	73%
6	Accountants and auditors	160	49,270	$32,910 - 69,330	18%	79%
7	Sales managers	130	67,040	$34,650 - 102,750	10%	69%
8	Financial managers	120	68,770	$37,520 - 104,320	13%	60%
9	Self-enrichment education teachers	110	21,390	$13,740 - 34,130	23%	54%
10	Teachers and instructors, all other	110	44,730	$30,320 - 60,410	9%	54%
11	Child, family, and school social workers	110	38,530	$31,320 - 49,070	19%	77%
12	Mental health and substance abuse social workers	90	39,670	$28,930 - 54,570	30%	77%
13	Pharmacists	80	107,880	$73,080 - 137,210	22%	97%
14	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	80	44,830	$33,850 - 56,390	13%	73%
15	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	60	47,380	$30,900 - 71,920	12%	51%
16	Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program	60	42,060	$27,700 - 52,960	24%	78%
17	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	60		$[?] -	16%	99%
18	Medical and health services managers	60	74,780	$51,450 - 95,940	16%	57%
19	Lawyers	50	91,030	$45,950 -	11%	99%
20	Librarians	50	46,580	$37,090 - 56,720	4%	85%
21	Industrial engineers	50	68,750	$50,810 - 93,020	20%	74%
22	Social and community service managers	40	42,220	$33,390 - 53,500	25%	72%
23	Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other	40	33,060	$25,900 - 43,910	15%	72%
24	Speech-language pathologists	40	51,160	$38,260 - 69,320	11%	98%
25	Education administrators, postsecondary	40	73,520	$31,650 - 129,660	14%	78%
26	Advertising sales agents	40	38,020	$22,300 - 69,090	20%	56%
27	Education, training, and library workers, all other	40	33,350	$19,950 - 49,200	11%	79%
28	Computer systems analysts	30	70,400	$35,300 - 100,650	29%	68%
29	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	30	52,750	$35,900 - 68,720	12%	51%
30	Network and computer systems administrators	30	64,550	$41,680 - 94,760	27%	50%
31	Dentists, general	30	137,540	$103,110 -	9%	100%
32	Chief executives	30	169,650	$106,670 -	2%	65%
33	Managers, all other	30	57,740	$41,110 - 75,090	7%	55%

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	1,710	21,790	$13,670 - 31,500	12%	25%
2	Home health aides	1,580	17,550	$13,880 - 22,110	49%	7%
3	Cashiers	1,330	16,440	$13,290 - 20,550	-2%	10%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,090	15,100	$13,160 - 18,250	18%	5%
5	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	780	25,260	$16,440 - 36,340	1%	18%
6	Office clerks, general	780	20,120	$13,620 - 28,800	13%	19%
7	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	760	18,580	$13,480 - 24,590	15%	4%
8	Teacher assistants	720	18,270	$16,000 - 20,890	10%	18%
9	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	650	22,730	$15,400 - 30,650	2%	5%
10	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	610	30,710	$18,780 - 45,030	4%	25%
11	Waiters and waitresses	610	15,510	$13,190 - 19,320	11%	14%
12	Packers and packagers, hand	610	17,980	$13,700 - 23,440	-11%	3%
13	Food preparation workers	590	17,320	$13,360 - 23,350	15%	7%
14	Stock clerks and order fillers	590	20,800	$13,870 - 29,670	-7%	8%
15	Maintenance and repair workers, general	520	30,850	$20,370 - 43,330	10%	6%
16	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	510	28,190	$18,440 - 41,600	13%	16%
17	General and operations managers	510	87,270	$42,420 -	2%	48%
18	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	470	27,090	$17,050 - 43,350	10%	4%
19	Team assemblers	440	27,040	$14,700 - 38,690	0%	5%
20	Cooks, restaurant	410	16,560	$13,320 - 21,600	12%	5%
21	Preschool teachers, except special education	380	20,600	$13,580 - 31,920	26%	43%
22	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	340	32,090	$23,020 - 44,770	15%	18%
23	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	340	26,250	$15,590 - 50,240	8%	4%
24	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	330	38,640	$24,420 - 55,070	6%	29%
25	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	310	16,970	$13,250 - 23,580	13%	5%
26	Customer service representatives	310	27,930	$19,540 - 36,680	25%	22%
27	Industrial truck and tractor operators	300	25,510	$20,000 - 31,230	-1%	2%
28	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	300	26,640	$24,290 - 29,360	-4%	5%
29	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	300	28,460	$18,030 - 40,670	11%	14%
30	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	280	47,050	$32,030 - 65,170	9%	10%
31	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	270	46,580	$29,340 - 63,080	-4%	15%
32	Receptionists and information clerks	260	21,480	$15,070 - 28,830	17%	13%
33	Carpenters	260	30,830	$21,240 - 40,020	10%	6%
34	Bus drivers, school	250	22,910	$16,670 - 28,770	9%	4%
35	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	240	28,140	$15,940 - 45,190	14%	4%
36	Construction laborers	240	21,670	$16,490 - 28,980	11%	5%
37	Slaughterers and meat packers	220	18,690	$14,280 - 23,740	13%	2%
38	Counter and rental clerks	210	22,150	$15,000 - 31,090	23%	16%
39	Driver/sales workers	200	34,020	$18,510 - 47,340	-4%	4%
40	Business operations specialists, all other	200	44,200	$24,790 - 71,280	21%	49%
41	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	200	36,800	$30,460 - 46,010	14%	7%
42	Switchboard operators, including answering service	200	21,760	$13,890 - 32,050	-7%	10%
43	Personal and home care aides	180	22,580	$17,350 - 28,450	51%	10%
44	Security guards	180	25,930	$15,990 - 33,930	17%	13%
45	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	170	27,420	$19,450 - 36,980	4%	15%
46	Tellers	170	23,160	$18,970 - 28,970	14%	16%
47	Insurance sales agents	170	40,060	$24,010 - 47,100	13%	45%
48	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	170	20,910	$14,210 - 29,780	18%	6%
49	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	160	25,590	$14,640 - 35,960	4%	6%
50	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	160	18,650	$13,720 - 26,700	11%	5%
51	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	150	51,440	$34,840 - 70,400	7%	13%
52	Healthcare support workers, all other	150	24,060	$16,180 - 30,200	16%	10%
53	Electricians	150	34,690	$25,010 - 47,010	7%	7%
54	Structural metal fabricators and fitters	140	28,940	$21,960 - 37,490	0%	0%
55	Medical assistants	140	21,700	$16,820 - 28,260	35%	10%
56	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	140	15,050	$13,180 - 18,250	10%	17%
57	Postal service mail carriers	130	43,600	$32,480 - 59,200	1%	11%
58	Helpers--production workers	130	25,570	$14,610 - 41,000	0%	4%
59	Medical secretaries	130	26,530	$20,000 - 34,310	17%	18%
60	Machinists	120	28,000	$14,320 - 44,370	-2%	3%
61	Child care workers	120	17,320	$13,310 - 25,260	18%	15%
62	Pharmacy technicians	120	23,760	$16,260 - 33,980	32%	16%
63	Radiologic technologists and technicians	110	47,000	$36,980 - 60,120	15%	25%
64	Dishwashers	110	14,420	$13,080 - 16,020	10%	3%
65	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	110	24,200	$14,230 - 31,090	-14%	0%
66	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	100	41,130	$27,440 - 58,770	10%	17%
67	Construction managers	100	79,030	$51,580 - 114,760	16%	29%
68	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	100	28,580	$24,630 - 32,460	5%	2%
69	Parts salespersons	90	25,480	$16,660 - 36,650	-1%	6%
70	Cement masons and concrete finishers	90	25,240	$20,830 - 31,810	11%	2%
71	Dental assistants	90	34,900	$25,760 - 47,720	29%	9%
72	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	90	33,660	$22,320 - 49,030	12%	3%
73	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	90	19,580	$14,050 - 25,130	10%	5%
74	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	90	33,830	$21,600 - 49,520	9%	3%
75	Bakers	80	22,670	$19,020 - 29,320	10%	8%
76	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	80	37,790	$26,890 - 53,210	13%	17%
77	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	80	28,670	$21,890 - 36,770	8%	3%
78	Cooks, fast food	80	15,390	$13,240 - 18,310	8%	5%
79	Paralegals and legal assistants	80	33,330	$20,300 - 52,150	22%	45%
80	Order clerks	80	26,520	$17,160 - 37,020	-23%	16%
81	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	80	32,680	$19,820 - 44,810	-6%	14%
82	Helpers--electricians	70	24,980	$17,940 - 31,620	7%	3%
83	Medical transcriptionists	70	27,710	$20,180 - 37,410	14%	10%
84	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	70	26,350	$16,540 - 38,730	3%	18%
85	Office and administrative support workers, all other	70	25,990	$15,830 - 40,440	-8%	32%
86	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	70	16,140	$13,280 - 22,080	12%	6%
87	Butchers and meat cutters	70	33,180	$23,810 - 52,220	2%	2%
88	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	70	48,530	$29,690 - 77,320	4%	38%
89	Computer support specialists	60	43,520	$26,810 - 61,850	13%	43%
90	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	60	27,440	$16,130 - 47,290	13%	11%
91	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	60	33,360	$21,840 - 55,010	4%	30%
92	All other information and record clerks	60	33,710	$19,800 - 46,570	-12%	21%
93	Sheet metal workers	60	25,320	$17,970 - 41,990	7%	4%
94	Food service managers	60	41,980	$31,580 - 57,580	5%	24%
95	Pipelayers	60	25,130	$19,210 - 31,850	9%	4%
96	Cost estimators	60	47,710	$30,780 - 68,850	19%	32%
97	Dental hygienists	50	56,350	$40,660 - 76,360	30%	33%
98	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	50	22,990	$20,540 - 26,220	12%	0%
99	Medical records and health information technicians	50	26,130	$19,570 - 35,980	18%	12%
100	Data entry keyers	50	22,070	$17,840 - 26,120	-4%	18%

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Jobs More Common Near Goldsboro Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Slaughterers and meat packers	18,690	220	54.4
Rehabilitation counselors	27,280	230	7.8
Home health aides	17,550	1,580	7.8
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	28,940	140	5.9
Switchboard operators, including answering service	21,760	200	4.7
Preschool teachers, except special education	20,600	380	3.8
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	26,640	300	3.5
Healthcare support workers, all other	24,060	150	3.4
Social and human service assistants	25,070	250	3.3
Packers and packagers, hand	17,980	610	3.1
Self-enrichment education teachers	21,390	110	2.7
Food preparation workers	17,320	590	2.7
Bus drivers, school	22,910	250	2.5
Teacher assistants	18,270	720	2.4
Radiologic technologists and technicians	47,000	110	2.2
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	30,710	610	2.1
Driver/sales workers	34,020	200	2.1
Insurance sales agents	40,060	170	2.1
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	18,650	160	1.9
Industrial truck and tractor operators	25,510	300	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	47,050	280	1.9
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24,200	110	1.9
Elementary school teachers, except special education	40,230	670	1.8
Cooks, restaurant	16,560	410	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	41,130	100	1.8
Physicians and surgeons, all other	199,070	110	1.8
Counter and rental clerks	22,150	210	1.8
Construction managers	79,030	100	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,580	270	1.7
Child, family, and school social workers	38,530	110	1.7
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	25,260	780	1.7
Team assemblers	27,040	440	1.7
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,100	1,090	1.6
Maintenance and repair workers, general	30,850	520	1.6
Pharmacy technicians	23,760	120	1.6
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,050	140	1.5
Cashiers	16,440	1,330	1.5
Postal service mail carriers	43,600	130	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,460	300	1.5
Registered nurses	54,790	950	1.5
Retail salespersons	21,790	1,710	1.5
Sales managers	67,040	130	1.5
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	28,140	240	1.4
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	26,250	340	1.4
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	18,580	760	1.4
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,970	310	1.4
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,440	150	1.3
Personal and home care aides	22,580	180	1.3
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	27,420	170	1.2
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,800	590	1.2

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metro Area (2007 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Driver/sales workers	34,020	1.36	200
Teachers and instructors, all other	44,730	1.23	110
Physicians and surgeons, all other	199,070	1.19	110
Personal and home care aides	22,580	1.16	180
Helpers--production workers	25,570	1.12	130
Security guards	25,930	1.07	180
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	26,640	1.04	300
Team assemblers	27,040	1.03	440
Tellers	23,160	1	170
Postal service mail carriers	43,600	0.99	130
Counter and rental clerks	22,150	0.98	210
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	22,730	0.97	650
Child, family, and school social workers	38,530	0.97	110
Customer service representatives	27,930	0.96	310
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,460	0.96	300
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	36,800	0.96	200
Radiologic technologists and technicians	47,000	0.95	110
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	26,250	0.95	340
Switchboard operators, including answering service	21,760	0.93	200
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	27,420	0.93	170
General and operations managers	87,270	0.93	510
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,440	0.93	150
Medical secretaries	26,530	0.93	130
Child care workers	17,320	0.93	120
Maintenance and repair workers, general	30,850	0.93	520
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,800	0.93	590
Food preparation workers	17,320	0.93	590
Registered nurses	54,790	0.93	950
Receptionists and information clerks	21,480	0.92	260
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	25,590	0.92	160
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,970	0.92	310
Cashiers	16,440	0.91	1,330
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,100	0.91	1,090
Retail salespersons	21,790	0.91	1,710
Packers and packagers, hand	17,980	0.91	610
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,190	0.91	510
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,580	0.91	270
Social and human service assistants	25,070	0.91	250
Bus drivers, school	22,910	0.89	250
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	20,910	0.89	170
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	25,260	0.89	780
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	28,940	0.89	140
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,050	0.88	140
Waiters and waitresses	15,510	0.87	610
Industrial truck and tractor operators	25,510	0.87	300
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,640	0.87	330
Pharmacy technicians	23,760	0.87	120
Dishwashers	14,420	0.87	110
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	32,090	0.86	340
Accountants and auditors	49,270	0.86	160

Highest Paying Jobs in Goldsboro, North Carolina Metro Area (2007 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Physicians and surgeons, all other	199,070	110
Chief executives	169,650	30
Family and general practitioners	144,740	60
Dentists, general	137,540	30
Pharmacists	107,880	80
Lawyers	91,030	50
General and operations managers	87,270	510
Construction managers	79,030	100
Administrative services managers	75,750	40
Medical and health services managers	74,780	60
Education administrators, postsecondary	73,520	40
Computer systems analysts	70,400	30
Financial managers	68,770	120
Industrial engineers	68,750	50
Industrial production managers	67,640	40
Sales managers	67,040	130
Network and computer systems administrators	64,550	30
Managers, all other	57,740	30
Dental hygienists	56,350	50
Registered nurses	54,790	950
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	52,750	30
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,440	150
Speech-language pathologists	51,160	40
Loan officers	50,570	50
Accountants and auditors	49,270	160
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	48,530	70
Automotive body and related repairers	48,000	50
Cost estimators	47,710	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	47,380	60
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	47,050	280
Radiologic technologists and technicians	47,000	110
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	46,870	50
Librarians	46,580	50
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	46,580	270
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	44,830	80
Teachers and instructors, all other	44,730	110
Business operations specialists, all other	44,200	200
Postal service mail carriers	43,600	130
Computer support specialists	43,520	60
Social and community service managers	42,220	40
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program	42,060	60
Food service managers	41,980	60
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	41,130	100
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	41,110	500
Elementary school teachers, except special education	40,230	670
Insurance sales agents	40,060	170
Mental health and substance abuse social workers	39,670	90
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	38,640	330
Child, family, and school social workers	38,530	110
Real estate brokers	38,440

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