How much do Bakers make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Percentile spread

For Bakers, the published 10th percentile is $21,400 and the 90th percentile is $47,300. The difference is $25,900, which is 70.8% 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 $30,730 to the 75th at $42,120, covers $11,390.

The mean annual wage is $35,950, which sits below the median of $36,580. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 1.6% lower than the national median of $37,160 for Bakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,577, which is 1.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6% higher than the North Carolina median of $34,510.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,580 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bakers at $37,577 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bakers. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 3rd of 31 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).).

• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $34,380 and employment of 240. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,854, against $37,577 here.
• Spartanburg, SC is 63 miles away, with a median of $34,820 and employment of 220. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,242, against $37,577 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 68 miles away, with a median of $33,640 and employment of 490. That median is 8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,548, against $37,577 here.

Employment share

Bakers accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (2,540 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.15% of employment (236,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.23 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.