Parking Attendants in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,009
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$4,531
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,628
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
$30,540
Kept after tax
$26,009
Worth in national money
$27,628
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Carolina pays parking attendants a middle wage of $30,540, 36 of 51 states and about 13.12% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within North Carolina this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, parking attendants ranks 475. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $30,540 the take-home is $26,009; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $27,628 would nationally. The average lands at $30,510, below the middle of the range.
- North Carolina's $30,540 median for parking attendants places it 36 of 51 states, about 13.12% 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.
- Against every occupation North Carolina reports, parking attendants ranks 475 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for parking attendants in North Carolina, on $30,540, is $26,009 — equivalent to $27,628 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 $30,510 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,630 |
| This salary | $30,540 |
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 | $26,009 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,719 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$133 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $29,657 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$161 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $30,540 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $17,000 and the ninetieth is $38,630 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $26,009 take-home in North Carolina comes from $30,540. 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 475 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $27,628 uses one figure for the whole of North Carolina. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 475.
- The North Carolina median of $30,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $17,000 to $38,630. 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 $26,009, from $30,540, 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 475 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $27,628, worked from $30,540, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Carolina address, on work sitting at 475 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $17,000 at the tenth percentile, $38,630 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 $27,628 in national terms.
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 $26,009.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($17,000 to $38,630) 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 $27,628 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 $26,009 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.