SOC 11-3021 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do Computer and Information Systems Managers make in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer and Information Systems Managers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is $163,010. The 10th percentile is $92,140 and the 90th percentile is $258,750. Employment is 220.

Median annual wage

$163,010

10th percentile
$92,140
25th percentile
$122,560
Median
$163,010
75th percentile
$205,540
90th percentile
$258,750
Mean
$170,970

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Computer and Information Systems Managers, the published 10th percentile is $92,140 and the 90th percentile is $258,750. The difference is $166,610, which is 102.2% 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 $122,560 to the 75th at $205,540, covers $82,980.

The mean annual wage is $170,970, which sits above the median of $163,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC median is 6.9% lower than the national median of $175,140 for Computer and Information Systems Managers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $184,221, which is 5.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.7% lower than the North Carolina median of $172,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 88.486, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $163,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer and Information Systems Managers at $184,221 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 Computer and Information Systems Managers. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ranks 9th 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).).

  • Johnson City, TN is 58 miles away, with a median of $128,530 and employment of 160. That median is 21.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $146,176, against $184,221 here.
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 58 miles away, with a median of $176,840 and employment of 8,120. That median is 8.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $181,658, against $184,221 here.
  • Asheville, NC is 64 miles away, with a median of $163,290 and employment of 420. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $169,202, against $184,221 here.

Employment share

Computer and Information Systems Managers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (220 of 154,090). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (670,570 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.33 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · Computer and Information Systems Managers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Computer and Information Systems Managers make in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer and Information Systems Managers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is $163,010. The 10th percentile is $92,140 and the 90th percentile is $258,750. Employment is 220.

How does that compare with the national median for Computer and Information Systems Managers?

The local median is 6.9% lower than the national median of $175,140.

What is Computer and Information Systems Managers pay in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 88.486, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $163,010 is $184,221. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC compare with nearby metros for Computer and Information Systems Managers?

Johnson City, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 58 miles away, at $128,530. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ranks 9th of 31 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.