How much do Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping make in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC?

Percentile spread

For Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping, the published 10th percentile is $31,300 and the 90th percentile is $47,830. The difference is $16,530, which is 45.5% 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 $34,950 to the 75th at $39,990, covers $5,040.

The mean annual wage is $38,210, which sits above the median of $36,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC median is 21.7% lower than the national median of $46,380 for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,057, which is 11.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.8% lower than the North Carolina median of $43,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 88.486, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping at $41,057 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ranks 18th of 20 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 58 miles away, with a median of $46,720 and employment of 410. That median is 28.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,993, against $41,057 here.
• Asheville, NC is 64 miles away, with a median of $47,800 and employment of 50. That median is 31.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,531, against $41,057 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 65 miles away, with a median of $41,000 and employment of 120. That median is 12.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,544, against $41,057 here.

Employment share

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (50 of 154,090). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 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.