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Average Conveyor Operators And Tenders Salary in Winston-Salem, NC

Conveyor Operators And Tenders in Winston-Salem, NC earn a median annual salary of $40,060, which is -2.8% compared to the national median. There are 40 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Winston-Salem, NC (metro area).

$40,060
Winston-Salem, NC median annual wage
$19/hour median
-2.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,230
40
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.94
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,170
25th
$38,170
Median
$40,060
75th
$49,350
90th
$57,890

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Winston-Salem, NC, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
92.0%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$43,523
Goods: 96.6%
Services: 88.4%
Rents: 71.4%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wheeling, WV-OH$63,200Compare90
Modesto, CA$56,960Compare40
Merced, CA$55,500Compare60
Birmingham, AL$54,110Compare100
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$52,970Compare170
Visalia, CA$52,040Compare60

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Winston-Salem, NC

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$236,3703.18
Optometrists$162,0901.26
Pediatricians, General$162,0200.60
Computer Hardware Engineers$159,310N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers$152,6300.51
Computer And Information Systems Managers$141,9400.60
Financial Managers$140,8700.71
Marketing Managers$137,9500.90

Winston-Salem, NC has salary data for 477 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Conveyor Operators And Tenders in Winston-Salem, NC

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Conveyor Operators And Tenders are projected to change by -3.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.