Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,824
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$25,886
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,732
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
$104,710
Kept after tax
$78,824
Worth in national money
$83,732
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Carolina is 22 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $104,710. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations North Carolina reports, this job comes in at 49 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $104,710 the take-home is $78,824; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $83,732 would nationally. The average lands at $98,330, below the middle of the range.
- North Carolina ranks 22 of 48 for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay at $104,710. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 49 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.
- Post-tax income for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in North Carolina, on $104,710, is $78,824 — equivalent to $83,732 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 $98,330 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,150 |
| This salary | $104,710 |
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 | $78,824 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,493 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,160 |
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 | $99,494 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,602 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in North Carolina earn under $104,710 and half over. The published range runs $65,540 at the tenth percentile to $117,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $78,824, from $104,710, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 49 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,732, the adjusted value of that $104,710 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 49 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,540 to $117,150; 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.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,824 from $104,710. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 49 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $83,732 — the adjusted value of that $104,710 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 49 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 $98,330, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,540 at the tenth percentile, $117,150 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $83,732.
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, $78,824 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $98,330. 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 ($65,540 to $117,150) 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 $83,732 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 $78,824 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.