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Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary in North Carolina

SOC 25-1021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$80,080
per year in North Carolina
Middle half
$61,320–$105,740
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
1,650
in North Carolina
Concentration
1.46×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

North Carolina
$80,080
published median
United States
$96,980
17.4% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
37th
48 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $80,080 median has purchasing power comparable to about $84,897 nationally. North Carolina's BEA regional price parity is 94.3 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for North Carolina.

$45,270$135,900

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Narrow to a metro in North Carolina

Every linked area below has a published estimate for computer science teachers, postsecondary. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Wilmington, NC$139,41096.4501.11×
2Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$127,54097.93602.08×
3Greensboro-High Point, NC$97,05092.92002.39×
4Winston-Salem, NC$86,45092.01201.95×
5Greenville, NC$83,47088.4703.97×
6Raleigh-Cary, NC$82,26098.23101.85×
7Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$74,47097.33201.03×
8Asheville, NC$63,86096.5501.31×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where computer science teachers, postsecondary wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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