What BLS measured people employed in the town's main occupations earned across its metro area (May 2025). Each job above shows the pay its employer posts.

Occupation (BLS)	Median /hr	Median a year	Employed in area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides(31-1120 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 31-1120, opens in a new tab))	$14.66 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC area, opens in a new tab)	$30,490 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC area, opens in a new tab)	2,040 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC area, opens in a new tab)

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area.

Healthcare jobs near Salem

Towns within thirty-five miles with their own page, nearest first.

Healthcare jobs in Salem, NC: common questions

How many healthcare jobs are open in Salem, NC?

5 open jobs at 1 hospitals, clinics and care employers, read from each employer's own job board every night. The most are for caregivers (4).

Who is hiring in Salem, NC?

By open jobs on this board: Sunrise Senior Living (5).

What do healthcare jobs pay around Salem?

In the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area, BLS measured these median wages in May 2025: home health and personal care aides $14.66/hr. Each job here shows the pay its employer posts.

Which towns near Salem have healthcare jobs?

Morganton, NC (91, 3 mi away), Hudson, NC (8, 16 mi away), Marion, NC (31, 17 mi away), Lenoir, NC (29, 17 mi away) and Hickory, NC (160, 22 mi away).

How do I apply?

Each job opens its own page with the full description, then the application on the employer's own site. CareJobs.Now never charges job seekers.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations names Salem; spellings of the town ("Saint" and "St.", capitals) are matched to one Census place, and a location naming only a facility or a region is not placed in a town. A job's occupation is read from its title. Nearby towns are measured between Census place centers.

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Healthcare jobs in Salem, NC. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/states/north-carolina/salem

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