Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,487
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,703
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,945
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
$48,190
Kept after tax
$39,487
Worth in national money
$41,945
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Carolina is 34 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,190. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in North Carolina, this sits in the middle: 304 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 $48,190 you keep $39,487 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,945 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,890, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina ranks 34 of 51 for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping at $48,190. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ranks 304 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 $39,487 after the full tax stack, from $48,190. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,945 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,890 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,780 |
| This salary | $48,190 |
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 | $39,487 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$145 |
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 | $46,430 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$175 |
| 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 $48,190. The published range is $35,270 up to $62,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $39,487, from $48,190, 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 304 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,945, the adjusted value of that $48,190 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 304 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in North Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,270 to $62,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,487 from $48,190. 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 304 of 489 locally.
- This $41,945 adjusted figure, worked from $48,190, 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 304 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 304 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,270 at the bottom tenth to $62,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,945 in national terms.
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 $39,487 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 ($35,270 to $62,780) 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 $41,945 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 $39,487 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.