Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,111
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$7,659
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,360
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
$43,770
Kept after tax
$36,111
Worth in national money
$38,360
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in North Carolina. The middle earner gets $43,770. That is 38 of 47 states, and about 6.01% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations North Carolina publishes, this job lands at 370. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,770 the take-home is $36,111; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,360 would nationally. The average comes to $44,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders, North Carolina sits in the lower band at $43,770, ranking 38 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 6.01%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within North Carolina, this work ranks 370 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in North Carolina, on $43,770, is $36,111 — equivalent to $38,360 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $44,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,830 |
| This salary | $43,770 |
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 | $36,111 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,349 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$75 |
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 | $42,230 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$91 |
| 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 $43,770. The published range is $34,470 up to $59,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $36,111, worked from $43,770. 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 370 of 489.
- Two cautions on $38,360, the adjusted value of that $43,770 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 370 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in North Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,470 to $59,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The North Carolina take-home of $36,111, on $43,770 for work ranking 370 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 370 of 489 in the state.
- This $38,360 adjusted figure, worked from $43,770, 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 370 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 370 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,470 at the bottom tenth to $59,830 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,360 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and North Carolina's own levy, $36,111 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,470 to $59,830) 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 $38,360 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 $36,111 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.