SALARY · COUNTER AND RENTAL CLERKS · NORTH CAROLINA

Counter and Rental Clerks salary in North Carolina

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In North Carolina, counter and rental clerks sat at a median of $38,230 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$38,230

$18 per hour at the median · That is $3,070 (7.4 percent) below the national median of $41,300 for this occupation.

$42,950Mean annual salary

$21Mean hourly wage

$17,580People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $31,670Median: $38,23075th: $47,570

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$31,670
Median (50th percentile)	$38,230
75th percentile	$47,570
Mean	$42,950

The middle half of workers earned from $31,670 to $47,570 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$31,881 a year

$2,657 a month

Federal tax $2,408 · FICA $2,925 · State tax $1,017

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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