Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,220.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Greensboro earn more.
$64,370 in Greensboro buys what $69,300 buys across the country as a whole.
Greensboro's regional price parity is 92.9 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in North Carolina
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Greensboro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | $81,370 | $83,600 | 97.3 | +20.6% |
| Raleigh | $71,990 | $73,300 | 98.2 | +5.8% |
| Greensboro This page | $64,370 | $69,300 | 92.9 | — |
| Winston | $63,500 | $69,000 | 92.0 | −0.5% |
| Durham | $62,070 | $63,600 | 97.6 | −8.2% |
| Asheville | $58,010 | $60,100 | 96.5 | −13.3% |
| Wilmington | $58,000 | $60,200 | 96.4 | −13.2% |
| Rocky Mount | $56,360 | $64,000 | 88.0 | −7.6% |
Price parity and difference against Greensboro are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 31.4% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 10.6% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 1,220 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 41-3031, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. Mapped to our taxonomy as securities-commodities-and-financial-services-sales-agents.
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