Education Administrators, All Other in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,955
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$23,925
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,622
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
$98,880
Kept after tax
$74,955
Worth in national money
$79,622
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $98,880, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 3.87% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations North Carolina reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $98,880 you keep $74,955, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $79,622 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $99,040, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for education administrators, all other, at $98,880 — about 3.87% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Education administrators, all other ranks 66 of 489 occupations by median in North Carolina, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for education administrators, all other on $98,880 is $74,955. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $79,622 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $99,040 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,720 |
| This salary | $98,880 |
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 | $74,955 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,392 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,049 |
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 | $93,995 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,449 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,880 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,200 and the ninetieth is $135,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,955 take-home in North Carolina comes from $98,880. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 66 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,622, the adjusted value of that $98,880 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 66 of 489 in the state.
- The North Carolina median of $98,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,200 to $135,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $74,955, from $98,880, assumes a single North Carolina filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 66 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $79,622 — the adjusted value of that $98,880 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 66 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,200, the highest tenth $135,720, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $79,622 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, $74,955 remains.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,200) and the ninetieth ($135,720) 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 $79,622 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 $74,955 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.