How much do Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,330 and the 90th percentile is $74,160. The difference is $37,830, which is 77.6% 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 $38,840 to the 75th at $60,550, covers $21,710.

The mean annual wage is $50,630, which sits above the median of $48,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC median is 2.3% lower than the national median of $49,910 for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,963, which is 0.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% higher than the North Carolina median of $47,510.

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 $48,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers at $49,963 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranks 2nd of 11 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).).

• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $45,570 and employment of 60. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,071, against $49,963 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $48,260 and employment of 180. That median is 1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,166, against $49,963 here.
• Fayetteville, NC is 66 miles away, with a median of $48,520 and employment of 40. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,752, against $49,963 here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (40 of 344,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 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.