Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,185
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$12,635
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,434
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
$64,820
Kept after tax
$52,185
Worth in national money
$55,434
State rank
35
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 $64,820, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 12.81% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations North Carolina reports figures for, this is number 160.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,820 you keep $52,185 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,434 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $66,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina ranks 35 of 51 for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, with a median of $64,820 — about 12.81% 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.
- In North Carolina's occupational distribution, control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door sits at 160 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 $52,185 after the full tax stack, from $64,820. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,434 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $66,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,490 |
| This salary | $64,820 |
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 | $52,185 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,263 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$406 |
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 | $62,234 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$491 |
| 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 control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in North Carolina earn under $64,820 and half over. The published range runs $43,720 at the tenth percentile to $89,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $52,185, from $64,820, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 160 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $55,434, the adjusted value of that $64,820 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 160 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,720 to $89,490; 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.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,185 from $64,820. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 160 of 489 locally.
- This $55,434 adjusted figure, worked from $64,820, 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 160 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 160 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,720 at the bottom tenth to $89,490 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 $55,434 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $52,185 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,720 to $89,490) 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 $55,434 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 $52,185 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.