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title: "Average Salary in North Carolina"
description: "Mean $64,290, median $47,970 in North Carolina (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/north-carolina"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in North Carolina

Mean annual wage $64,290, median $47,970 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $50,860 (rank 40 of 51 by that measure; rank 36 nominal).

| Percentile | North Carolina | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,580 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $36,030 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $47,970 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $75,610 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $119,640 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 94.3 |
| Housing (rents) | 81.4 |
| Goods | 96.6 |
| Utilities | 88.6 |
| Other services | 98.2 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $124,390 | 303,040 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $107,600 | 195,720 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $91,360 | 79,670 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $81,270 | 327,500 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $80,230 | 356,580 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $78,850 | 54,090 |
| Legal | $77,950 | 32,500 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $56,550 | 202,630 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $55,650 | 61,150 |
| Community and Social Service | $54,530 | 70,470 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $49,410 | 277,370 |
| Construction and Extraction | $49,390 | 196,760 |
| Protective Service | $46,300 | 115,740 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $45,450 | 536,920 |
| Production | $44,120 | 318,440 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $39,040 | 450,010 |
| Healthcare Support | $37,800 | 188,740 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $37,770 | 6,940 |
| Sales | $37,380 | 483,760 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $36,070 | 137,290 |
| Personal Care and Service | $33,670 | 94,100 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $29,820 | 452,410 |

## Most common jobs

- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 127,540 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 116,720 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 111,120 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 106,440 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 92,230 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 89,510 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 87,510 workers
- [Cook, Fast Food](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cook-fast-food): 81,980 workers
- [Server](https://nuecareer.com/careers/server): 71,940 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 67,930 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Dermatologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dermatologist): $367,350 median
- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician): $339,350 median
- [Orthopedic Surgeon, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/orthopedic-surgeon): $323,630 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $314,290 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $289,780 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $260,330 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $224,610 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $215,230 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $207,000 median
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $183,550 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-knitting-and-weaving-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 6.60x the national share
- [Upholsterer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/upholsterer): 6.33x the national share
- [Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-winding-twisting-and-drawing-out-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 5.98x the national share
- [Tire Builder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tire-builder): 5.68x the national share
- [Cutter and Trimmer, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cutter-and-trimmer-hand): 5.51x the national share
- [Extruding and Forming Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Synthetic and Glass Fiber](https://nuecareer.com/careers/extruding-and-forming-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-synthetic-and-glass-fiber): 4.85x the national share
- [Adhesive Bonding Machine Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/adhesive-bonding-machine-operator-and-tender): 4.35x the national share
- [Cook, Fast Food](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cook-fast-food): 4.02x the national share
- [Pipelayer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pipelayer): 3.65x the national share
- [Helpers--Electrician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-electrician): 3.35x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology