D4 - Employment by Occupation (OEWS)

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program is a federal-state cooperative effort between the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Labor and Economic Analysis Division (LEAD) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The OEWS program provides annual estimates of occupational employment and wages for the Nation, State, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA). Information is derived from semiannual surveys of employers conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in collaboration with LEAD. The OEWS program produces occupational data series for the Nation, State of North Carolina, 17 MSAs and 4 Nonmetropolitan geographic areas with counties within North Carolina. Lists of geographic areas with the counties that comprise them can be found at: https://www.bls.gov/oes/2022/may/msa_def.htm#3700001 (please scroll up and down at this URL to see other geographic areas within North Carolina).

Estimates for all occupations are not available for all geographies. Some estimates are suppressed to protect the confidentiality of employer respondents and other estimates are suppressed due to data quality issues. Blank cells in the selected data series indicate that estimates are not available for the selected series, while cells with asterisks indicate data suppression.

OEWS data are released on an annual basis and the corresponding data reflect an employment and wage reference period from the prior year. This reference year is seen in the data table displayed. For example, the OEWS data that were released in Spring 2023 reflect a reference period of May of 2022.


Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-0000	Sales and Related Occupations	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	135,930	5.0	$27.34	$56,860.00	$18.14	$37,730.00
North Carolina	41-0000	Sales and Related Occupations	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	488,760	7.0	$25.00	$51,990.00	$17.15	$35,670.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	9,950	7.0	$25.86	$53,780.00	$22.84	$47,510.00
North Carolina	41-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	40,290	11.0	$24.74	$51,450.00	$22.15	$46,070.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-1012	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	2,920	13.0	$53.46	$111,190.00	$46.25	$96,190.00
North Carolina	41-1012	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	9,790	16.0	$53.28	$110,820.00	$45.70	$95,050.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-2011	Cashiers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	30,970	4.0	$13.77	$28,650.00	$13.60	$28,290.00
North Carolina	41-2011	Cashiers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	125,730	6.0	$13.08	$27,200.00	$13.00	$27,040.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-2021	Counter and Rental Clerks	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	4,580	5.0	$20.02	$41,640.00	$18.13	$37,710.00
North Carolina	41-2021	Counter and Rental Clerks	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	17,240	8.0	$19.58	$40,730.00	$17.77	$36,970.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-2022	Parts Salespersons	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	2,690	7.0	$20.00	$41,600.00	$17.66	$36,730.00
North Carolina	41-2022	Parts Salespersons	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	11,050	11.0	$18.33	$38,120.00	$16.05	$33,380.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-2031	Retail Salespersons	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	32,390	6.0	$16.49	$34,300.00	$14.87	$30,920.00
North Carolina	41-2031	Retail Salespersons	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	116,550	9.0	$16.28	$33,870.00	$14.38	$29,910.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-3011	Advertising Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	1,040	7.0	$30.87	$64,210.00	$27.70	$57,620.00
North Carolina	41-3011	Advertising Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	2,880	8.0	$30.69	$63,840.00	$24.06	$50,040.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-3021	Insurance Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	5,340	4.0	$40.33	$83,890.00	$29.05	$60,420.00
North Carolina	41-3021	Insurance Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	17,720	5.0	$36.00	$74,870.00	$27.48	$57,160.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-3031	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	8,430	4.0	$51.23	$106,550.00	$37.80	$78,620.00
North Carolina	41-3031	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	19,250	5.0	$45.47	$94,570.00	$31.69	$65,910.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-3041	Travel Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	370	9.0	$22.36	$46,510.00	$22.03	$45,820.00
North Carolina	41-3041	Travel Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	1,170	9.0	$22.19	$46,150.00	$22.52	$46,830.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-3091	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	12,040	6.0	$39.72	$82,620.00	$30.73	$63,910.00
North Carolina	41-3091	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	41,260	7.0	$38.03	$79,100.00	$29.88	$62,150.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-4011	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	2,710	6.0	$59.32	$123,390.00	$55.71	$115,880.00
North Carolina	41-4011	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	13,590	6.0	$57.62	$119,860.00	$53.90	$112,120.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-4012	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	15,720	7.0	$41.49	$86,300.00	$30.64	$63,720.00
North Carolina	41-4012	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	50,030	9.0	$39.38	$81,920.00	$29.37	$61,080.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-9011	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	250	8.0	$17.34	$36,060.00	$16.77	$34,870.00
North Carolina	41-9011	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	1,250	13.0	$15.52	$32,290.00	$13.77	$28,640.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-9021	Real Estate Brokers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	1,800	1.0	$43.68	$90,860.00	$27.42	$57,040.00
North Carolina	41-9021	Real Estate Brokers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	3,870	2.0	$43.97	$91,460.00	$43.86	$91,220.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-9022	Real Estate Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	*	3.0	$27.56	$57,320.00	$22.46	$46,710.00
North Carolina	41-9022	Real Estate Sales Agents	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	*	3.0	$25.90	$53,880.00	$21.68	$45,090.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-9031	Sales Engineers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	570	9.0	$49.98	$103,960.00	$42.71	$88,850.00
North Carolina	41-9031	Sales Engineers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	1,990	9.0	$57.27	$119,120.00	$51.42	$106,950.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-9041	Telemarketers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	910	5.0	$19.88	$41,350.00	$16.90	$35,150.00
North Carolina	41-9041	Telemarketers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	*	5.0	$17.31	$36,000.00	$14.48	$30,110.00
North Carolina	41-9091	Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	290	14.0	$20.51	$42,650.00	$13.98	$29,080.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSA	41-9099	Sales and Related Workers, All Other	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	380	8.0	$23.57	$49,030.00	$17.06	$35,480.00
North Carolina	41-9099	Sales and Related Workers, All Other	Cross-industry, private, federal, state, and local	2023	1,140	13.0	$23.29	$48,450.00	$17.19	$35,750.00

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