How much do Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping make in Burlington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping, the published 10th percentile is $38,480 and the 90th percentile is $65,680. The difference is $27,200, which is 51.9% 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 $40,360 to the 75th at $65,680, covers $25,320.

The mean annual wage is $50,460, which sits below the median of $52,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington, NC median is 13% higher than the national median of $46,380 for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,215, which is 21.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.9% higher than the North Carolina median of $43,680.

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 $52,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping at $56,215 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. Burlington, NC ranks 2nd of 19 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).).

• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 17 miles away, with a median of $41,640 and employment of 100. That median is 20.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,676, against $56,215 here.
• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 22 miles away, with a median of $41,430 and employment of 120. That median is 20.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,613, against $56,215 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 53 miles away, with a median of $41,000 and employment of 120. That median is 21.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,544, against $56,215 here.

Employment share

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington, NC (30 of 67,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 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.