Jobs in the Winston-Salem, NC area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Winston-Salem, NC metro area has 112 open job postings from 41 employers in our data. 24% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $76,500 a year, 13.4% are remote and 34.9% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $76,500 posted salary in the Winston area buys about what $83,000 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 8% below the national average.
13.4% of postings are remote, 4th highest of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 29% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
34.9% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 30 days), 22nd highest of 99 metro areas.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($46,500) is worth $50,500 in average-US dollars, 63rd of 99 metro areas.
Winston compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
112open postings from 41 employers
24%list a pay range
$76,500median posted pay (middle half: $61,000 to $114,500)
13.4%remote
3.7%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$46,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
12.5%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 3.7% in 2026-08 (4.2% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across North Carolina, employers had 212,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 4.3% above its February 2020 level and 4.4% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Winston-Salem, NC
95
35
20%
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Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Other
32
Healthcare & Life Sciences
23
Retail & E-commerce
16
Employers with the most openings
Prokidney: 12 postings
Mcadams: 10 postings
CenterWell: 10 postings
EpochGames: 8 postings
Kravet: 5 postings
Federal government hiring
17 federal job announcements open to the public list Winston-Salem, NC, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $114,000. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (15), U.S. Marshals Service (1), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Winston-Salem, NC area run 8% below the national average, and housing runs 29% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $46,500, which is worth $50,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $76,500 is worth $83,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
