Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,316
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$23,094
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,881
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
$96,410
Kept after tax
$73,316
Worth in national money
$77,881
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Carolina pays this job around $96,410 at the midpoint, 24 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations North Carolina reports, this job comes in at 72 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $96,410 you keep $73,316, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $77,881 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $98,170, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents the North Carolina median is $96,410, ranking 24 of 50 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.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 72 of 489 occupations by median in North Carolina, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for postmasters and mail superintendents on $96,410 is $73,316. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $77,881 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 $98,170 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,740 |
| This salary | $96,410 |
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 | $73,316 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,654 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,002 |
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 | $91,665 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,384 |
| 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 postmasters and mail superintendents in North Carolina earn under $96,410 and half over. The published range runs $87,400 at the tenth percentile to $111,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $73,316 take-home in North Carolina comes from $96,410. 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 72 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 $77,881, the adjusted value of that $96,410 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 72 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for postmasters and mail superintendents in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $87,400 to $111,740; 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.
- Retained pay of $73,316, from $96,410, 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 72 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $77,881 — the adjusted value of that $96,410 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 72 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $87,400 and the top tenth $111,740, 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 $77,881 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Carolina adds its own income tax on top — which is why $73,316 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($87,400 to $111,740) 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 $77,881 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 $73,316 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.