Financial and Investment Analysts in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,285
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$25,105
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,096
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
$102,390
Kept after tax
$77,285
Worth in national money
$82,096
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $102,390, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 0.34% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Carolina. It ranks 53 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $102,390 you keep $77,285, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,096 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $109,880, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina's median for financial and investment analysts is $102,390, about 0.34% above the national figure and 13 of 51 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, financial and investment analysts ranks 53 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for financial and investment analysts on $102,390 is $77,285. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,096 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 $109,880 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial and Investment Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $167,250 |
| This salary | $102,390 |
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 | $77,285 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,861 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,116 |
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 | $97,306 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,541 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,390 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,670 and the ninetieth is $167,250 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $77,285, from $102,390, 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 53 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 $82,096, the adjusted value of that $102,390 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 53 of 489 in the state.
- The North Carolina median of $102,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,670 to $167,250. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $77,285 from $102,390. 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 53 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $82,096 — the adjusted value of that $102,390 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 53 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $109,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,670, the highest tenth $167,250, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $82,096.
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, $77,285 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $109,880. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,670) and the ninetieth ($167,250) 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 $82,096 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 $77,285 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.