108 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 17 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Hickory, NC — of 108 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $102,929 median of 20 | 20 |
| FY2025 | $126,402 median of 17 | 17 |
| FY2024 | $85,160 median of 22 | 22 |
| FY2023 | $99,597 median of 10 | 10 |
| FY2022 | $81,806 median of 25 | 25 |
| FY2021 | $116,671 median of 14 | 14 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Hickory, NC fall inside the federal statistical area HICKORY-LENOIR-MORGANTON, NC. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Hickory itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Corning Optical Communications LLC | $125,568 median of 13 | 13 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | $75,000 median of 10 | 10 |
| Shurtape Technologies, LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| DLP Frye Medical Group, LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Comprehab, LLC | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| CommScope Technologies LLC | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Gentiva Certified Healthcare Corp. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Zimmer Group U.S., Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Ganglani DMD PLLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Century Furniture Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Total Care Home Health of North Carolina, LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Veterinary Referrals of Hickory, P.C. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Apogee Medical Group, North Carolina, PC | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Corning Incorporated | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Humana Inc. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Martin Starnes & Associates CPAs, PA Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Corning Research & Development Corporation | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Firstseed Construction and Machinery Installation Corp. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| YMCA of Catawba Valley, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | $30,000 1 filing | 1 |
| Meta | $158,760 1 filing | 1 |
| C-Vision Inc | $84,781 1 filing | 1 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | $67,350 1 filing | 1 |
| Grey Orange Incorporated | $79,685 1 filing | 1 |
| Sherrill Furniture Company, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | $55,286 1 filing | 1 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 43 employers in total filed for a worksite in Hickory; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.