Computer and Information Systems Managers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$123,027
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$49,833
28.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$130,687
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
$172,860
Kept after tax
$123,027
Worth in national money
$130,687
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $172,860, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.3% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations North Carolina reports, this job comes in at 7 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $172,860 you keep $123,027, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $130,687 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $184,680, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for computer and information systems managers, at $172,860 — about 1.3% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Computer and information systems managers ranks 7 of 489 occupations by median in North Carolina, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for computer and information systems managers on $172,860 is $123,027. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $130,687 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 $184,680 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $108,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $172,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $287,840 |
| This salary | $172,860 |
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 | $123,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $129,416 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,491 |
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 | $163,513 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,542 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $172,860 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $108,280 and the ninetieth is $287,840 — 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 $123,027, worked from $172,860. 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 7 of 489.
- Two cautions on $130,687, the adjusted value of that $172,860 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 7 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $172,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $108,280 to $287,840. 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 $123,027, on $172,860 for work ranking 7 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 7 of 489 in the state.
- This $130,687 adjusted figure, worked from $172,860, 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 7 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $184,680 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $108,280 at the bottom tenth to $287,840 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $130,687.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Carolina adds its own income tax on top — which is why $123,027 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $184,680. 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 ($108,280) and the ninetieth ($287,840) 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 $130,687 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 $123,027 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.