Loan Interviewers and Clerks in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,810
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$10,970
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,724
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
$57,780
Kept after tax
$46,810
Worth in national money
$49,724
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for loan interviewers and clerks is strong here. North Carolina's middle earner gets $57,780, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 15.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations North Carolina reports figures for, this is number 227.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,780 you keep $46,810 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,724 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,320.
- For loan interviewers and clerks, North Carolina sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,780, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 15.51% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In North Carolina's occupational distribution, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 227 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 $46,810 after the full tax stack, from $57,780. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,724 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,320 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,050 |
| This salary | $57,780 |
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 | $46,810 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,606 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$295 |
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 | $55,544 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$357 |
| 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 $57,780. The published range is $40,030 up to $70,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $46,810, worked from $57,780. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 227 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 $49,724, the adjusted value of that $57,780 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 227 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for loan interviewers and clerks in North Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,030 to $70,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The North Carolina take-home of $46,810, on $57,780 for work ranking 227 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 227 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $49,724 — the adjusted value of that $57,780 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 227 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 $55,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,030 at the tenth percentile, $70,050 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 $49,724 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, $46,810 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $55,320. 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 ($40,030 to $70,050) 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 $49,724 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 $46,810 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.