Data Entry Keyers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,935
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$6,675
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,985
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
$39,610
Kept after tax
$32,935
Worth in national money
$34,985
State rank
28
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for data entry keyers. The median is $39,610, ranking 28 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in North Carolina, this one sits low: 397 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,610 you keep $32,935 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,985 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina occupies the middle band for data entry keyers: a median of $39,610, ranking 28 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Data entry keyers occupies position 397 of 489 in North Carolina's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $32,935 after the full tax stack, from $39,610. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,985 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,620 |
| This salary | $39,610 |
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 | $32,935 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10 |
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 | $38,276 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,610 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,780 and the ninetieth is $52,620 — 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 $32,935, worked from $39,610. 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 397 of 489.
- Two cautions on $34,985, the adjusted value of that $39,610 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 397 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $39,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,780 to $52,620. 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 $32,935, on $39,610 for work ranking 397 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 397 of 489 in the state.
- This $34,985 adjusted figure, worked from $39,610, 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 397 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 397 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $41,270, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,780 at the bottom tenth to $52,620 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 $34,985 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 $32,935 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $41,270. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,780 to $52,620) 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 $34,985 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 $32,935 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.