What Charlotte's best-paying companies have in common

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a city known as “Banktown,” one might expect the highest-paying jobs to be found in banking and finance.

But according to a recent analysis by The Business Journals of more than 600 publicly traded companies nationwide, many of the highest median salaries among Charlotte-based firms can be found in more industrial sectors.

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Energy companies figure prominently among the top ranks nationally — Lilis Energy Inc. of San Antonio outranks all companies with a median employee wage of $500,000. And as noted earlier this year in a CBJ comparison of Charlotte-based companies’ CEO pay versus median salaries, Duke Energy Corp. ranks No. 1 locally by the latter figure. The median worker there earns $122,365.

In Charlotte, manufacturing operations — from steel giant Nucor Corp., ranking No. 2 among locally based companies, to Sealed Air Corp., the maker of Bubble Wrap and other packaging materials — make up the bulk of the top-paying firms.

As for the banks? The only one still headquartered in Charlotte, Bank of America Corp., comes in at No. 3 locally.

Read the full story for the top 10 median employee salaries reported by public companies based in the Charlotte region, which CEOs make the most compared to their workers, and more here.

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