SOC 19-4044 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025
How much do Hydrologic Technicians make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hydrologic Technicians in Raleigh-Cary, NC is $70,750. The 10th percentile is $49,470 and the 90th percentile is $100,360. Employment is 40.
Median annual wage
$70,750
- 10th percentile
- $49,470
- 25th percentile
- $52,170
- Median
- $70,750
- 75th percentile
- $74,940
- 90th percentile
- $100,360
- Mean
- $69,090
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Hydrologic Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $49,470 and the 90th percentile is $100,360. The difference is $50,890, which is 71.9% 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 $52,170 to the 75th at $74,940, covers $22,770.
The mean annual wage is $69,090, which sits below the median of $70,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Raleigh-Cary, NC median is 9.2% higher than the national median of $64,790 for Hydrologic Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,078, which is 11.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 18.7% higher than the North Carolina median of $59,590.
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 $70,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hydrologic Technicians at $72,078 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Hydrologic Technicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Hydrologic Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Raleigh-Cary, NC (40 of 743,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,840 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.95 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC · Hydrologic Technicians 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 Hydrologic Technicians make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hydrologic Technicians in Raleigh-Cary, NC is $70,750. The 10th percentile is $49,470 and the 90th percentile is $100,360. Employment is 40.
How does that compare with the national median for Hydrologic Technicians?
The local median is 9.2% higher than the national median of $64,790.
What is Hydrologic Technicians pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Raleigh-Cary, NC is 98.157, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $70,750 is $72,078. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.