Radiation Therapists in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,201
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$24,049
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,883
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
$99,250
Kept after tax
$75,201
Worth in national money
$79,883
State rank
28
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Carolina pays radiation therapists around $99,250 at the midpoint, 28 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Carolina. It ranks 65 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 $99,250 you keep $75,201 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $79,883 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $99,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- For radiation therapists the North Carolina median is $99,250, ranking 28 of 46 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.
- Within North Carolina, radiation therapists ranks 65 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 $75,201 after the full tax stack, from $99,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $79,883 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $99,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,210 |
| This salary | $99,250 |
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 | $75,201 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,652 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,056 |
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 | $94,344 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,459 |
| 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 radiation therapists in North Carolina earn under $99,250 and half over. The published range runs $79,780 at the tenth percentile to $109,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $75,201, from $99,250, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 65 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,883, the adjusted value of that $99,250 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 65 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for radiation therapists in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $79,780 to $109,210; 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.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,201 from $99,250. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 65 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $79,883 — the adjusted value of that $99,250 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 65 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $79,780 and the top tenth $109,210, so most people doing this work in North Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $79,883.
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 $75,201.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,780 to $109,210) 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 $79,883 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 $75,201 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.