How much do Tire Builders make in Burlington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Tire Builders, the published 10th percentile is $38,830 and the 90th percentile is $46,990. The difference is $8,160, which is 20.5% 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 $38,830 to the 75th at $46,990, covers $8,160.

The mean annual wage is $43,080, which sits above the median of $39,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington, NC median is 30.8% lower than the national median of $57,390 for Tire Builders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,620, which is 25.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 37.9% lower than the North Carolina median of $63,950.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington, NC is 93.196, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tire Builders at $42,620 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Tire Builders. Burlington, NC ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 99 miles away, with a median of $48,690 and employment of 280. That median is 22.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,016, against $42,620 here.

Employment share

Tire Builders accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington, NC (40 of 67,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (20,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.41 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.