Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,512
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$10,878
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,407
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
$57,390
Kept after tax
$46,512
Worth in national money
$49,407
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $57,390, 39 of 49 states and about 12.77% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 232 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,390 the take-home is $46,512; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,407 would nationally. The average comes to $68,470, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Carolina's $57,390 median for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other places it 39 of 49 states, about 12.77% 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 232 of 489 in North Carolina places healthcare practitioners and technical 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.
- Post-tax income for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in North Carolina, on $57,390, is $46,512 — equivalent to $49,407 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 $68,470 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,190 |
| This salary | $57,390 |
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 | $46,512 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,293 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$289 |
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 | $55,173 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$350 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Carolina earn less than $57,390. The published range is $35,590 up to $123,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,512 take-home in North Carolina comes from $57,390. 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 232 of 489.
- Two cautions on $49,407, the adjusted value of that $57,390 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Carolina. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 232 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other in North Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,590 to $123,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,512, from $57,390, 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 232 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 49 for it.
- This $49,407 adjusted figure, worked from $57,390, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 232 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 232 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $68,470, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,590 at the bottom tenth to $123,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $49,407.
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 $46,512.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $68,470. 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 ($35,590) and the ninetieth ($123,190) 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 $49,407 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 $46,512 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.