High paying management jobs in Rocky Mount, NC

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rocky Mount, NC. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Rocky Mount, NC run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rocky Mount, NC salary is worth about 1.14× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Rocky Mount, NC · Employed

1Marketing Managers$162,220
Bachelor's degree
$96,900 – $255,89060
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$155,170
Bachelor's degree
$129,510 – $194,64060
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$137,120
Bachelor's degree
$91,960 – $200,000110
4Financial Managers$133,480
Bachelor's degree
$87,140 – $243,790140
5Industrial Production Managers$130,720
Bachelor's degree
$75,090 – $211,690180
6Managers, All Other$121,580
Bachelor's degree
$59,120 – $193,330180
7Sales Managers$118,080
Bachelor's degree
$57,620 – $207,110140
8Human Resources Managers$111,120
Bachelor's degree
$81,570 – $203,16060
9Construction Managers$111,060
Bachelor's degree
$77,000 – $169,240190
10Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$106,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,690 – $179,91080
11Facilities Managers$104,700
Bachelor's degree
$59,150 – $171,62050
12Medical and Health Services Managers$104,570
Bachelor's degree
$61,930 – $196,560150
13Administrative Services Managers$104,150
Bachelor's degree
$73,770 – $173,19040
14General and Operations Managers$94,610
Bachelor's degree
$45,920 – $211,680610
15Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$80,030
Master's degree
$61,560 – $98,640180
16Education Administrators, Postsecondary$79,560
Master's degree
$61,330 – $124,26050
17Social and Community Service Managers$76,190
Bachelor's degree
$49,030 – $108,19070
18Food Service Managers$71,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,340 – $101,20080
19Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$56,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $119,30080

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianRocky Mount, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$162,220	$96,900 – $255,890	60
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$155,170	$129,510 – $194,640	60
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$137,120	$91,960 – $200,000	110
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$133,480	$87,140 – $243,790	140
5	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,720	$75,090 – $211,690	180
6	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$121,580	$59,120 – $193,330	180
7	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,080	$57,620 – $207,110	140
8	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$111,120	$81,570 – $203,160	60
9	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$111,060	$77,000 – $169,240	190
10	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$106,950	$67,690 – $179,910	80
11	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,700	$59,150 – $171,620	50
12	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,570	$61,930 – $196,560	150
13	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,150	$73,770 – $173,190	40
14	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$94,610	$45,920 – $211,680	610
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$80,030	$61,560 – $98,640	180
16	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$79,560	$61,330 – $124,260	50
17	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$76,190	$49,030 – $108,190	70
18	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,430	$49,340 – $101,200	80
19	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,260	$36,910 – $119,300	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rocky Mount, NC. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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