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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Transportation Inspectors Salary in North Carolina

Transportation Inspectors in North Carolina earn a median annual salary of $75,570, which is -11.9% compared to the national median. There are 450 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for North Carolina (state).

$75,570
North Carolina median annual wage
$36/hour median
-11.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $85,750
450
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.60
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$33,170
25th
$59,950
Median
$75,570
75th
$95,720
90th
$129,480

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in North Carolina, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
94.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$80,116
Goods: 96.6%
Services: 88.6%
Rents: 81.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Alaska$138,030Compare200
Idaho$107,440Compare90
Hawaii$105,650Compare170
Oklahoma$104,490Compare190
North Dakota$104,330Compare60
District of Columbia$103,970Compare140

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in North Carolina

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Physicians, All Other$236,9701.45
Family Medicine Physicians$227,3100.56
Nurse Anesthetists$226,4601.76
Podiatrists$221,3700.89
Dentists, All Other Specialists$213,3800.55
Pediatricians, General$201,4000.81
Dentists, General$191,2801.22
Physicists$170,6900.24

North Carolina has salary data for 772 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Transportation Inspectors in North Carolina

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Transportation Inspectors are projected to change by +1.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.