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Food Processing Workers, All Other · SOC 51-3099

Food Processing Workers, All Other Salary in the Wilmington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Wilmington, NC metro area

Figures describe the Wilmington, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Wilmington city limits.

Median annual wage$36,470
Median hourly wage$17.53

Food Processing Workers, All Other in the Wilmington, NC metro area earned a median of $36,470 per year ($17.53 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,370 at the 10th percentile to $45,760 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Food Processing Workers, All Other in the Wilmington metro area earn more than $36,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,570 and $37,550.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$31,370$35,570$36,470$37,550$45,760
Hourly$15.08$17.10$17.53$18.05$22.00

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Wilmington metro areathis metro area
    $36,470
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $37,360
  • United Statesnational
    $39,680

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −2% vs North Carolina overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,550$39,810$51,070$62,330Valdosta, GA — $28,550Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $28,970San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,140Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $29,260Lafayette, LA — $29,570Baton Rouge, LA — $29,660Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $29,720New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $30,430El Paso, TX — $30,680Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $31,160Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200Monroe, LA — $31,250Longview, TX — $34,240Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,770New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $34,790Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $34,860Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,070Gadsden, AL — $35,140Abilene, TX — $35,180El Centro, CA — $35,240Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,290Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,380Portland-South Portland, ME — $35,520Gainesville, GA — $35,670McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,690Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $35,710Columbia, SC — $35,980Fresno, CA — $36,020Savannah, GA — $36,220Fayetteville, NC — $36,290Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,290Tyler, TX — $36,290Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,300Winston-Salem, NC — $36,380Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,410Stockton-Lodi, CA — $36,420Wilmington, NC — $36,470College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,590Hammond, LA — $36,620Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $36,640Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $36,660Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,660Lubbock, TX — $36,980Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $37,060Waco, TX — $37,100Salinas, CA — $37,250Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,280Albuquerque, NM — $37,300Missoula, MT — $37,450York-Hanover, PA — $37,500Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,550Oklahoma City, OK — $37,550San Angelo, TX — $37,550Wichita, KS — $37,620Tulsa, OK — $37,760Rockford, IL — $37,800Lebanon, PA — $37,830Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,910Harrisonburg, VA — $37,960Corpus Christi, TX — $38,080San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,100Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,170Cleveland, OH — $38,210Richmond, VA — $38,240Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,460Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,480San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,490New Haven, CT — $38,500Vallejo, CA — $38,530Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,550Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,560Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,730Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $38,850Knoxville, TN — $38,860Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $38,870Modesto, CA — $39,040Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,150Columbus, GA-AL — $39,190Reading, PA — $39,230Champaign-Urbana, IL — $39,250Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,260Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,290Pittsburgh, PA — $39,290Cleveland, TN — $39,380Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $39,420Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,430Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $39,640Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $39,670Rochester, NY — $39,720Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,740San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $39,770Burlington, NC — $39,800Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,800Columbus, OH — $39,890Gettysburg, PA — $40,130Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $40,460Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $40,530Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,590Killeen-Temple, TX — $40,590St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,740Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $40,910Ogden, UT — $40,990Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,020Cedar Rapids, IA — $41,070Kennewick-Richland, WA — $41,340Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $41,480Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $41,740Jackson, MS — $41,870Visalia, CA — $42,250Merced, CA — $42,430Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,530Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $42,600Omaha, NE-IA — $42,600Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $42,730Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $42,840Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $42,840Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,960Logan, UT-ID — $43,010Jackson, TN — $43,150Fort Smith, AR-OK — $43,160San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $43,200Jacksonville, FL — $43,430Ames, IA — $43,520Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $43,700Canton-Massillon, OH — $43,790Colorado Springs, CO — $43,930Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,240Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $44,310Albany, GA — $44,390Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,610Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,760Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $44,960Yakima, WA — $44,990St. Joseph, MO-KS — $45,200Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,330Greeley, CO — $46,240Morristown, TN — $46,320Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,350Reno, NV — $47,020Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,320Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,750Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $47,800Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,600Boulder, CO — $48,850Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,310Longview-Kelso, WA — $50,500Lancaster, PA — $51,490Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $53,420Rochester, MN — $62,330

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Wilmington metro area has the 114th-highest published median for this occupation among the 150 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for food processing workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Wilmington metro areathis page
    $36,470
  • Raleigh metro area
    $48,600
  • Burlington metro area
    $39,800
  • Hickory metro area
    $39,150
  • Charlotte metro area
    $38,850
  • Durham metro area
    $37,550
  • Greensboro metro area
    $36,660

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,640First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,310Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$57,840Bakers$34,430Production Workers, All Other$37,940Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$55,340

Highest-paying metro areas for food processing workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Wilmington Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.