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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Transportation Workers, All Other Salary in North Carolina

Transportation Workers, All Other in North Carolina earn a median annual salary of $35,840, which is -9.6% compared to the national median. There are N/A 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).

$35,840
North Carolina median annual wage
$17/hour median
-9.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $39,630
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$24,020
25th
$31,160
Median
$35,840
75th
$47,570
90th
$60,650

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
$37,996
Goods: 96.6%
Services: 88.6%
Rents: 81.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Jersey$70,700Compare140
Utah$65,290Compare50
Washington$63,400Compare90
Tennessee$50,850Compare1,250
California$48,910Compare550
Arizona$48,140Compare50

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 Workers, All Other in North Carolina

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Transportation Workers, All Other are projected to change by +3.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,200 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.