How much do First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,680 and the 90th percentile is $76,630. The difference is $39,950, which is 71.4% 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 $46,170 to the 75th at $64,550, covers $18,380.

The mean annual wage is $56,940, which sits above the median of $55,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC median is 14% higher than the national median of $49,100 for First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,383, which is 16.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.9% higher than the North Carolina median of $47,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 97.572, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers at $57,383 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 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranks 1st 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).).

• Burlington, NC is 17 miles away, with a median of $48,280 and employment of 70. That median is 13.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,805, against $57,383 here.
• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $46,060 and employment of 450. That median is 17.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,599, against $57,383 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $51,020 and employment of 860. That median is 8.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,978, against $57,383 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (360 of 344,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (178,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.91 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.