Business Teachers, Postsecondary in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,161
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$17,439
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,031
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
$79,600
Kept after tax
$62,161
Worth in national money
$66,031
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,600, ranking 43 of 51 states — about 19.66% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Carolina. It ranks 108 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,600 you keep $62,161, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $66,031 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $100,340, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina ranks 43 of 51 for business teachers, postsecondary, with a median of $79,600 — about 19.66% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within North Carolina, business teachers, postsecondary ranks 108 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for business teachers, postsecondary on $79,600 is $62,161. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $66,031 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 $100,340 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,320 |
| This salary | $79,600 |
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 | $62,161 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,829 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$682 |
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 | $75,809 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$942 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of business teachers, postsecondary in North Carolina earn under $79,600 and half over. The published range runs $42,480 at the tenth percentile to $173,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,161 take-home in North Carolina comes from $79,600. 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 108 of 489.
- Two cautions on $66,031, the adjusted value of that $79,600 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 108 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for business teachers, postsecondary in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,480 to $173,320; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $62,161, from $79,600, 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 108 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- This $66,031 adjusted figure, worked from $79,600, 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 108 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 108 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 $100,340, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $42,480, the highest tenth $173,320, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $66,031 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 $62,161.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $100,340. 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 ($42,480) and the ninetieth ($173,320) 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 $66,031 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 $62,161 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.