Database Administrators in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,923
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$28,977
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,210
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
$113,900
Kept after tax
$84,923
Worth in national money
$90,210
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database administrators is strong here. North Carolina's middle earner gets $113,900, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 8.87% ahead of the national figure.
- Within North Carolina this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, database administrators ranks 38 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $113,900 the take-home is $84,923; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $90,210 would nationally. The average lands at $113,260, below the middle of the range.
- For database administrators, North Carolina sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $113,900, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 8.87% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation North Carolina publishes a median for, database administrators sits 38 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for database administrators in North Carolina, on $113,900, is $84,923 — equivalent to $90,210 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 $113,260 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,160 |
| This salary | $113,900 |
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 | $84,923 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,959 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,335 |
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 | $108,163 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,844 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $113,900 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,430 and the ninetieth is $160,160 — 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 $84,923, worked from $113,900. 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 38 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $90,210 uses one figure for the whole of North Carolina. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 38.
- The North Carolina median of $113,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,430 to $160,160. 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 $84,923, on $113,900 for work ranking 38 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 38 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $90,210, worked from $113,900, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Carolina address, on work sitting at 38 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $62,430 and the top tenth $160,160 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $90,210 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 $84,923 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,430) and the ninetieth ($160,160) 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 $90,210 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 $84,923 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.