How much do Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?

Percentile spread

For Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $38,600 and the 90th percentile is $87,740. The difference is $49,140, which is 97.6% 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 $46,630 to the 75th at $67,440, covers $20,810.

The mean annual wage is $59,540, which sits above the median of $50,340. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC median is 27% lower than the national median of $68,990 for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,593, which is 25.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.6% lower than the North Carolina median of $61,070.

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 $50,340 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other at $51,593 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranks 5th of 5 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).).

• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $59,320 and employment of 80. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,434, against $51,593 here.
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 111 miles away, with a median of $61,070 and employment of 70. That median is 21.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,734, against $51,593 here.
• Richmond, VA is 134 miles away, with a median of $74,300. That median is 47.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,926, against $51,593 here.

Employment share

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (50 of 344,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,400 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.40 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.