Self-Enrichment Teachers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,538
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$7,172
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,689
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
$41,710
Kept after tax
$34,538
Worth in national money
$36,689
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Carolina is 32 of 51 states for self-enrichment teachers, with a middle wage of $41,710. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within North Carolina this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, self-enrichment teachers ranks 387. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $41,710 you keep $34,538, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,689 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,770, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina ranks 32 of 51 for self-enrichment teachers at $41,710. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation North Carolina reports, self-enrichment teachers ranks 387 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for self-enrichment teachers on $41,710 is $34,538. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,689 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 $47,770 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Self-Enrichment Teachers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,490 |
| This salary | $41,710 |
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 | $34,538 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,694 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$43 |
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 | $40,272 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$52 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,710 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,420 and the ninetieth is $76,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $34,538, from $41,710, 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 387 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 $36,689, the adjusted value of that $41,710 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 387 of 489 in the state.
- The North Carolina median of $41,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,420 to $76,490. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,538 from $41,710. 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 387 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $36,689 — the adjusted value of that $41,710 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 387 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $47,770, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $25,420, the highest tenth $76,490, 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 $36,689 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 $34,538.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $47,770. 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 ($25,420) and the ninetieth ($76,490) 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 $36,689 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 $34,538 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.