Physicians, All Other in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$180,085
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$80,245
30.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$191,297
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
$260,330
Kept after tax
$180,085
Worth in national money
$191,297
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina sits in the middle of the pack for physicians, all other. The median is $260,330, ranking 33 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Carolina. It ranks 2 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $260,330 you keep $180,085 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $191,297 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $247,750.
- North Carolina occupies the middle band for physicians, all other: a median of $260,330, ranking 33 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within North Carolina, physicians, all other ranks 2 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $180,085 after the full tax stack, from $260,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $191,297 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $247,750 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $260,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $424,760 |
| This salary | $260,330 |
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 | $180,085 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $189,964 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,189 |
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 | $245,283 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,201 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $260,330 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,740 and the ninetieth is $424,760 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $180,085, worked from $260,330. 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 2 of 489.
- Two cautions on $191,297, the adjusted value of that $260,330 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 2 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $260,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,740 to $424,760. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The North Carolina take-home of $180,085, on $260,330 for work ranking 2 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 2 of 489 in the state.
- This $191,297 adjusted figure, worked from $260,330, 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 2 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 2 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 $247,750 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 $66,740, the highest tenth $424,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $191,297 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 $180,085.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $247,750. 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 ($66,740) and the ninetieth ($424,760) 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 $191,297 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 $180,085 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.