Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,849
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,911
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,952
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
$61,760
Kept after tax
$49,849
Worth in national money
$52,952
State rank
28
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $61,760, ranking 28 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations North Carolina reports figures for, this is number 190.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,760 you keep $49,849, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,952 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $66,040, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina occupies the middle band for occupational health and safety technicians: a median of $61,760, ranking 28 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In North Carolina's occupational distribution, occupational health and safety technicians sits at 190 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for occupational health and safety technicians on $61,760 is $49,849. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,952 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $66,040 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,340 |
| This salary | $61,760 |
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 | $49,849 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,804 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$358 |
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 | $59,326 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$433 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,760 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,400 and the ninetieth is $89,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,849 take-home in North Carolina comes from $61,760. 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 190 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 $52,952, the adjusted value of that $61,760 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 190 of 489 in the state.
- The North Carolina median of $61,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,400 to $89,340. 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 $49,849, from $61,760, 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 190 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $52,952 — the adjusted value of that $61,760 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 190 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 $66,040 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,400 and the top tenth $89,340, so most people doing this work in North Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,952 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, $49,849 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $66,040. 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 ($49,400 to $89,340) 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 $52,952 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 $49,849 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.