Dentists, General in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$146,332
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$60,668
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$155,442
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
$207,000
Kept after tax
$146,332
Worth in national money
$155,442
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Carolina pays dentists, general a middle wage of $207,000, ranking 7 of 47 states and sitting about 21.09% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Carolina. It ranks 4 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $207,000 the take-home is $146,332; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $155,442 would nationally. The average comes to $207,550, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Carolina's median for dentists, general is $207,000, about 21.09% above the national figure and 7 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within North Carolina, dentists, general ranks 4 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for dentists, general in North Carolina, on $207,000, is $146,332 — equivalent to $155,442 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 $207,550 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $107,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $207,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $337,630 |
| This salary | $207,000 |
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 | $146,332 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $154,083 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,119 |
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 | $196,519 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,116 |
| 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 dentists, general in North Carolina earn under $207,000 and half over. The published range runs $107,810 at the tenth percentile to $337,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $146,332, worked from $207,000. 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 4 of 489.
- Two cautions on $155,442, the adjusted value of that $207,000 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 4 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dentists, general in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $107,810 to $337,630; 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.
- The North Carolina take-home of $146,332, on $207,000 for work ranking 4 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 4 of 489 in the state.
- This $155,442 adjusted figure, worked from $207,000, 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 4 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 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 $107,810 and the top tenth $337,630 — 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 $155,442 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $146,332 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($107,810) and the ninetieth ($337,630) 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 $155,442 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 $146,332 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.