SALARY · NURSING ASSISTANTS · NORTH CAROLINA

Nursing Assistants salary in North Carolina

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In North Carolina, nursing assistants sat at a median of $38,460 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$38,460

$18 per hour at the median · That is $3,800 (9.0 percent) below the national median of $42,260 for this occupation.

$39,280Mean annual salary
$19Mean hourly wage
$64,010People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $35,950Median: $38,46075th: $43,850
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$35,950
Median (50th percentile)$38,460
75th percentile$43,850
Mean$39,280

The middle half of workers earned from $35,950 to $43,850 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$32,057 a year
$2,671 a month
Federal tax $2,435 · FICA $2,942 · State tax $1,026

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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