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Chief Executives pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Medford, OR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Chief Executives is $329,030 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $615,500 per year in Medford, OR. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 46.5% below Medford, OR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-1011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 740 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 40 in Medford, OR. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings