Diagnostic Medical Sonographers salary in Greensboro-High Point, NC
SOC 29-2032 · BLS OEWS May 2025
How local pay compares
State-level comparison: North Carolina ($86,010). Metro estimates cover the whole labor market, including portions that cross state lines.
After local prices: the $98,890 median has purchasing power comparable to about $106,488 nationally. Greensboro-High Point, NC's BEA regional price parity is 92.9 (2024).
What the local range looks like
The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Greensboro-High Point, NC.
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- Associate's degree
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- None
Compare other metro areas
Every linked area below has a published estimate for diagnostic medical sonographers. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $98,650 | 97.3 | 730 | 0.92× |
| 2 | Winston-Salem, NC | $87,220 | 92.0 | 250 | 1.59× |
| 3 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $86,630 | 97.9 | 370 | 0.84× |
| 4 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $86,130 | 98.2 | 430 | 0.99× |
| 5 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | $84,520 | 88.3 | 40 | 1.54× |
| 6 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $83,510 | 88.5 | 50 | 0.54× |
| 7 | Rocky Mount, NC | $82,530 | 88.0 | 30 | 1.02× |
| 8 | Asheville, NC | $81,920 | 96.5 | 120 | 1.19× |
| 9 | Wilmington, NC | $81,480 | 96.4 | 170 | 1.51× |
| 10 | Fayetteville, NC | $78,860 | 92.0 | 70 | 0.96× |
| 11 | Greenville, NC | $76,380 | 88.4 | 120 | 2.59× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where diagnostic medical sonographers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
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