How much do Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Percentile spread

For Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $39,960 and the 90th percentile is $62,380. The difference is $22,420, which is 41.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $45,910 to the 75th at $54,130, covers $8,220.

The mean annual wage is $51,750, which sits below the median of $54,130. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Raleigh-Cary, NC median is 2.9% higher than the national median of $52,600 for Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,146, which is 4.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21.7% higher than the North Carolina median of $44,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Raleigh-Cary, NC is 98.157, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,130 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers at $55,146 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers. Raleigh-Cary, NC ranks 1st of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Richmond, VA is 128 miles away, with a median of $50,250 and employment of 70. That median is 7.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,350, against $55,146 here.
• Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 137 miles away, with a median of $48,900 and employment of 60. That median is 9.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,928, against $55,146 here.
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 138 miles away, with a median of $44,490 and employment of 280. That median is 17.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,702, against $55,146 here.

Employment share

Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Raleigh-Cary, NC (110 of 743,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (19,780 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.16 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.