Broadcast Technicians in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,174
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,606
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,612
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
$47,780
Kept after tax
$39,174
Worth in national money
$41,612
State rank
23
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for broadcast technicians. The median is $47,780, ranking 23 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations North Carolina reports figures for, this is number 314.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,780 you keep $39,174 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,612 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina occupies the middle band for broadcast technicians: a median of $47,780, ranking 23 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In North Carolina's occupational distribution, broadcast technicians sits at 314 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $39,174 after the full tax stack, from $47,780. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,612 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Broadcast Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,460 |
| This salary | $47,780 |
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 | $39,174 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,571 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$138 |
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 | $46,040 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$167 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Carolina earn less than $47,780. The published range is $35,000 up to $88,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,174 take-home in North Carolina comes from $47,780. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 314 of 489.
- Two cautions on $41,612, the adjusted value of that $47,780 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 314 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for broadcast technicians in North Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,000 to $88,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,174, from $47,780, assumes a single North Carolina filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 314 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 47 for it.
- This $41,612 adjusted figure, worked from $47,780, 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 314 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 314 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,000 at the bottom tenth to $88,460 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,612 in national terms.
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 $39,174.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $56,510. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,000) and the ninetieth ($88,460) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $41,612 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 $39,174 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.