First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,288
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$15,982
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,979
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
$75,270
Kept after tax
$59,288
Worth in national money
$62,979
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in North Carolina. The middle earner gets $75,270. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 5.82% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in North Carolina, this sits in the middle: 128 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $75,270 you keep $59,288 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $62,979 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $77,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, North Carolina sits in the lower band at $75,270, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 5.82%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers ranks 128 of 489 occupations in North Carolina by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $59,288 after the full tax stack, from $75,270. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,979 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $77,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,850 |
| This salary | $75,270 |
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 | $59,288 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,782 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$599 |
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 | $71,724 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$828 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in North Carolina earn under $75,270 and half over. The published range runs $51,040 at the tenth percentile to $104,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,288 take-home in North Carolina comes from $75,270. 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 128 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 $62,979, the adjusted value of that $75,270 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 128 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,040 to $104,850; 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.
- Retained pay of $59,288, from $75,270, 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 128 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $62,979 — the adjusted value of that $75,270 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 128 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,040 at the bottom tenth to $104,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $62,979 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Carolina adds its own income tax on top — which is why $59,288 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,040 to $104,850) 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 $62,979 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 $59,288 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.