How much do Maintenance Workers, Machinery make in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

Percentile spread

For Maintenance Workers, Machinery, the published 10th percentile is $39,700 and the 90th percentile is $74,280. The difference is $34,580, which is 57.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $50,200 to the 75th at $66,310, covers $16,110.

The mean annual wage is $59,790, which sits above the median of $59,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Greensboro-High Point, NC median is 1.8% lower than the national median of $60,850 for Maintenance Workers, Machinery. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,319, which is 5.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the North Carolina median of $60,580.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Greensboro-High Point, NC is 92.865, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Maintenance Workers, Machinery at $64,319 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery. Greensboro-High Point, NC ranks 14th of 20 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Burlington, NC is 22 miles away, with a median of $47,970 and employment of 100. That median is 19.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,472, against $64,319 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 31 miles away, with a median of $60,380 and employment of 290. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,600, against $64,319 here.
• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $62,560 and employment of 440. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,117, against $64,319 here.

Employment share

Maintenance Workers, Machinery accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Greensboro-High Point, NC (450 of 365,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (60,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.19 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.