Fence Erectors in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,545
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$6,555
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,572
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
$39,100
Kept after tax
$32,545
Worth in national money
$34,572
State rank
40
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fence erectors is on the low side in North Carolina. The middle earner gets $39,100. That is 40 of 45 states, and about 18.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations North Carolina publishes, fence erectors lands at 407. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $39,100 the take-home is $32,545; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,572 would nationally. The average comes to $43,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For fence erectors, North Carolina sits in the lower band at $39,100, ranking 40 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 18.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within North Carolina, this work ranks 407 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for fence erectors in North Carolina, on $39,100, is $32,545 — equivalent to $34,572 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 $43,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,850 |
| This salary | $39,100 |
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 | $32,545 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,597 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2 |
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 | $37,792 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2 |
| 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 fence erectors in North Carolina earn under $39,100 and half over. The published range runs $34,480 at the tenth percentile to $59,850 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 $32,545, worked from $39,100. 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 407 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 $34,572, the adjusted value of that $39,100 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 407 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for fence erectors in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,480 to $59,850; 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 $32,545, on $39,100 for work ranking 407 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 407 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $34,572 — the adjusted value of that $39,100 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 407 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $43,050 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,480 and the top tenth $59,850, so most people doing this work in North Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,572 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $32,545.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $43,050. 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 ($34,480 to $59,850) 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 $34,572 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 $32,545 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.