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Office Machine Operators, Except Computer · SOC 43-9071

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer Salary in the Durham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area

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

Median annual wage$46,880
Median hourly wage$22.54

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area earned a median of $46,880 per year ($22.54 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $23,650 at the 10th percentile to $51,020 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in the Durham metro area earn more than $46,880 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,010 and $49,280.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$23,650$38,010$46,880$49,280$51,020
Hourly$11.37$18.28$22.54$23.69$24.53

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

  • Durham metro areathis metro area
    $46,880
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $44,480
  • United Statesnational
    $40,960

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

The median here is +5% vs North Carolina overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,410$34,877$44,343$53,810San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $25,410Manchester-Nashua, NH — $31,040Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $32,060Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,290Tulsa, OK — $33,320Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $33,600San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $34,240Columbia, MO — $34,770Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,980Toledo, OH — $35,470Albuquerque, NM — $35,690Topeka, KS — $35,810Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $35,860Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $36,000Pittsburgh, PA — $36,130Springfield, MO — $36,200Tucson, AZ — $36,280Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,360York-Hanover, PA — $36,410Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $36,790Ogden, UT — $36,810Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,880Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,060Wichita, KS — $37,090Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,130Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,160Binghamton, NY — $37,170Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,210Cleveland, OH — $37,510Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,530Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,590Raleigh-Cary, NC — $37,630Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,780Evansville, IN — $37,950Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,090Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,330Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,370Jacksonville, FL — $38,410Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,510Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $38,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,620Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $38,640Rochester, NY — $38,820Peoria, IL — $38,840Omaha, NE-IA — $38,870Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $39,020Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,060Syracuse, NY — $39,150Oklahoma City, OK — $39,240Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,490Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $39,640Madison, WI — $39,890Fort Wayne, IN — $39,910St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,110Richmond, VA — $40,140Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $40,260Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $40,560Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,630Greensboro-High Point, NC — $40,850Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $40,980Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $41,410Wilmington, NC — $41,590Duluth, MN-WI — $41,980Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,270Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $43,310Springfield, MA — $43,680Akron, OH — $44,310Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,370Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $44,980Worcester, MA — $45,060Knoxville, TN — $45,110Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,220Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,560Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,590New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,750Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,450Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,530Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,740Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,880Colorado Springs, CO — $46,900Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,130Green Bay, WI — $47,130Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,270Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,320San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,440Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,470Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,840Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,060Springfield, IL — $48,290Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,310Anchorage, AK — $50,230Salem, OR — $50,670Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $53,320San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $53,810

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 Durham metro area has the 16th-highest published median for this occupation among the 95 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 office machine operators, except computer, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Durham metro areathis page
    $46,880
  • Charlotte metro area
    $46,450
  • Wilmington metro area
    $41,590
  • Greensboro metro area
    $40,850
  • Raleigh metro area
    $37,630

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:

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,860Customer Service Representatives$46,800Office Clerks, General$47,010Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,840First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$68,450Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,790

Highest-paying metro areas for office machine operators, except computers · Highest-paying occupations in Durham 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.