Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,967
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,543
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,393
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
$47,510
Kept after tax
$38,967
Worth in national money
$41,393
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $47,510, 31 of 45 states and about 4.81% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 319 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,510 you keep $38,967 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,393 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,700, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina's $47,510 median for miscellaneous construction and related workers places it 31 of 45 states, about 4.81% 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 319 of 489 in North Carolina places miscellaneous construction and related workers 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 $38,967 after the full tax stack, from $47,510. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,393 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,700 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,300 |
| This salary | $47,510 |
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 | $38,967 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,354 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$134 |
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 | $45,784 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$162 |
| 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 miscellaneous construction and related workers in North Carolina earn under $47,510 and half over. The published range runs $32,660 at the tenth percentile to $69,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $38,967, worked from $47,510. 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 319 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 $41,393, the adjusted value of that $47,510 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 319 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous construction and related workers in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,660 to $69,300; 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.
- The North Carolina take-home of $38,967, on $47,510 for work ranking 319 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 319 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $41,393 — the adjusted value of that $47,510 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 319 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 $32,660 and the top tenth $69,300 — 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 $41,393.
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, $38,967 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,660) and the ninetieth ($69,300) 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 $41,393 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 $38,967 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.