First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,979
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$13,291
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,340
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
$67,270
Kept after tax
$53,979
Worth in national money
$57,340
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $67,270, ranking 36 of 49 states — about 13.72% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations North Carolina reports figures for, this is number 152.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $67,270 you keep $53,979 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,340 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $70,200, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina ranks 36 of 49 for first-line supervisors of correctional officers, with a median of $67,270 — about 13.72% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In North Carolina's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of correctional officers sits at 152 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $53,979 after the full tax stack, from $67,270. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,340 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,200 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,300 |
| This salary | $67,270 |
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 | $53,979 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,154 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$447 |
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 | $64,467 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$618 |
| 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 correctional officers in North Carolina earn under $67,270 and half over. The published range runs $51,130 at the tenth percentile to $94,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,979 take-home in North Carolina comes from $67,270. 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 152 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,340 uses one figure for the whole of North Carolina. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 152.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,130 to $94,300; 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 $53,979, from $67,270, 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 152 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,340, worked from $67,270, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Carolina address, on work sitting at 152 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 $70,200 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,130 at the tenth percentile, $94,300 at the ninetieth.
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 $57,340 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, $53,979 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 49 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 $70,200. 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 ($51,130 to $94,300) 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 $57,340 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 $53,979 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.