High paying management jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,900
Bachelor's degree
$99,340 – $227,130700
2Marketing Managers$160,570
Bachelor's degree
$99,320 – $236,160440
3Architectural and Engineering Managers$155,200
Bachelor's degree
$106,250 – $226,230200
4Financial Managers$155,030
Bachelor's degree
$94,520 – $301,980980
5Natural Sciences Managers$148,710
Bachelor's degree
$97,590 – $245,310220
6Public Relations Managers$140,680
Bachelor's degree
$84,160 – $222,780100
7Human Resources Managers$137,110
Bachelor's degree
$88,000 – $224,390320
8Sales Managers$132,550
Bachelor's degree
$65,670 – $251,940690
9Managers, All Other$129,160
Bachelor's degree
$68,500 – $217,780740
10Purchasing Managers$128,990
Bachelor's degree
$76,650 – $202,740100
11Industrial Production Managers$124,880
Bachelor's degree
$73,830 – $201,990660
12Medical and Health Services Managers$118,440
Bachelor's degree
$74,610 – $218,700920
13Facilities Managers$109,940
Bachelor's degree
$63,660 – $172,130240
14Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$106,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,980 – $192,300320
15Construction Managers$103,750
Bachelor's degree
$65,330 – $181,260710
16Administrative Services Managers$102,990
Bachelor's degree
$68,480 – $169,520390
17Education Administrators, Postsecondary$101,770
Master's degree
$63,680 – $224,720360
18General and Operations Managers$96,840
Bachelor's degree
$48,620 – $221,3703,120
19Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$79,940
Master's degree
$50,280 – $120,640660
20Social and Community Service Managers$79,720
Bachelor's degree
$50,580 – $120,740220
21Food Service Managers$71,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,340 – $97,010470
22Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$57,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,180 – $95,970410
23Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$48,540
Bachelor's degree
$40,580 – $80,430130

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$160,900	$99,340 – $227,130	700
2	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$160,570	$99,320 – $236,160	440
3	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$155,200	$106,250 – $226,230	200
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$155,030	$94,520 – $301,980	980
5	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$148,710	$97,590 – $245,310	220
6	Public Relations ManagersBachelor's degree	$140,680	$84,160 – $222,780	100
7	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$137,110	$88,000 – $224,390	320
8	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$132,550	$65,670 – $251,940	690
9	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$129,160	$68,500 – $217,780	740
10	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,990	$76,650 – $202,740	100
11	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,880	$73,830 – $201,990	660
12	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,440	$74,610 – $218,700	920
13	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$109,940	$63,660 – $172,130	240
14	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$106,220	$63,980 – $192,300	320
15	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,750	$65,330 – $181,260	710
16	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,990	$68,480 – $169,520	390
17	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$101,770	$63,680 – $224,720	360
18	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$96,840	$48,620 – $221,370	3,120
19	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$79,940	$50,280 – $120,640	660
20	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$79,720	$50,580 – $120,740	220
21	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,500	$49,340 – $97,010	470
22	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,410	$39,180 – $95,970	410
23	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$48,540	$40,580 – $80,430	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, 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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