Lodging Managers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,452
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$12,408
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,656
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
$63,860
Kept after tax
$51,452
Worth in national money
$54,656
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Carolina pays lodging managers around $63,860 at the midpoint, 31 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in North Carolina, this sits in the middle: 169 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,860 the take-home is $51,452; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,656 would nationally. The average comes to $68,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For lodging managers the North Carolina median is $63,860, ranking 31 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Lodging managers ranks 169 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.
- Post-tax income for lodging managers in North Carolina, on $63,860, is $51,452 — equivalent to $54,656 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 $68,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,520 |
| This salary | $63,860 |
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 | $51,452 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,492 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$391 |
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 | $61,322 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$473 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,860 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,030 and the ninetieth is $100,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,452 take-home in North Carolina comes from $63,860. 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 169 of 489.
- Two cautions on $54,656, the adjusted value of that $63,860 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 169 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $63,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,030 to $100,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $51,452, from $63,860, 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 169 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- This $54,656 adjusted figure, worked from $63,860, 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 169 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 169 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 $68,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $27,030, the highest tenth $100,520, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Carolina sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $54,656 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $51,452.
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 $68,330. 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 ($27,030) and the ninetieth ($100,520) 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 $54,656 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 $51,452 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.