Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,047
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,663
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,100
North Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Carolina — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$60,710
Kept after tax
$49,047
Worth in national money
$52,100
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Carolina's middle earner gets $60,710, putting the state 3 of 45 — about 27.46% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 201 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,710 you keep $49,047, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,100 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $58,020, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For automotive glass installers and repairers, North Carolina sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,710, ranking 3 of 45 and running about 27.46% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 201 of 489 in North Carolina places automotive glass installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for automotive glass installers and repairers on $60,710 is $49,047. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,100 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $58,020 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,810 |
| This salary | $60,710 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in North Carolina | $49,047 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$341 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $58,328 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$413 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,710 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,080 and the ninetieth is $75,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $49,047, worked from $60,710. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 201 of 489.
- Two cautions on $52,100, the adjusted value of that $60,710 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Carolina. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 201 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $60,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,080 to $75,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The North Carolina take-home of $49,047, on $60,710 for work ranking 201 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 201 of 489 in the state.
- This $52,100 adjusted figure, worked from $60,710, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 201 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 201 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $58,020, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,080 at the bottom tenth to $75,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Carolina sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,100 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $49,047.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in North Carolina is $58,020. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,080 to $75,810) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to North Carolina rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Carolina's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $52,100 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $49,047 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Carolina income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.