First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,392
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$13,008
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,716
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
$66,400
Kept after tax
$53,392
Worth in national money
$56,716
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $66,400, 35 of 50 states and about 13.09% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 155 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $66,400 you keep $53,392 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,716 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $65,650.
- North Carolina's $66,400 median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other places it 35 of 50 states, about 13.09% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 155 of 489 in North Carolina places first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $53,392 after the full tax stack, from $66,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,716 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $65,650 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,800 |
| This salary | $66,400 |
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 | $53,392 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,532 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$431 |
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 | $63,736 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$521 |
| 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 protective service workers, all other in North Carolina earn under $66,400 and half over. The published range runs $36,300 at the tenth percentile to $91,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,392 take-home in North Carolina comes from $66,400. 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 155 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,716 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 155.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,300 to $91,800; 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 $53,392, from $66,400, 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 155 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,716, worked from $66,400, 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 155 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,300 and the top tenth $91,800 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $56,716.
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, $53,392 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,300) and the ninetieth ($91,800) 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 $56,716 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 $53,392 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.