Statisticians in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,111
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$29,579
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,472
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
$115,690
Kept after tax
$86,111
Worth in national money
$91,472
State rank
7
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Carolina pays statisticians a middle wage of $115,690, ranking 7 of 45 states and sitting about 9.5% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations North Carolina reports, statisticians comes in at 36 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $115,690 the take-home is $86,111; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $91,472 would nationally. The average comes to $122,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Carolina's median for statisticians is $115,690, about 9.5% above the national figure and 7 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Statisticians ranks 36 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.
- Post-tax income for statisticians in North Carolina, on $115,690, is $86,111 — equivalent to $91,472 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 $122,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,360 |
| This salary | $115,690 |
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 | $86,111 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,218 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,369 |
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 | $109,852 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,891 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $115,690 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,930 and the ninetieth is $174,360 — 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 $86,111, worked from $115,690. 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 36 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 $91,472, the adjusted value of that $115,690 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 36 of 489 in the state.
- The North Carolina median of $115,690 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,930 to $174,360. 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 $86,111, on $115,690 for work ranking 36 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 36 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $91,472 — the adjusted value of that $115,690 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 36 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 $122,490 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $76,930 at the bottom tenth to $174,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $91,472.
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 $86,111.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $122,490. 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 ($76,930) and the ninetieth ($174,360) 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 $91,472 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 $86,111 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.