Orange County · North Carolina · United States
This is what each kind of business actually pays in Orange County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.
| Trade | Per week | vs 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 118 businesses · 592 employees | $2,100$109,202 a year | +7.0%up |
| Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 3 businesses · 14 employees | $1,897$98,628 a year | — |
| Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 51 businesses · 492 employees | $1,801$93,654 a year | -9.7%down |
| Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 111 businesses · 1,665 employees | $1,780$92,568 a year | +6.2%up |
| Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 4 businesses · 211 employees | $1,594$82,896 a year | — |
| Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 71 businesses · 675 employees | $1,516$78,808 a year | +1.5%up |
| Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 92 businesses · 665 employees | $1,397$72,651 a year | +14.1%up |
| Solid waste collectionNAICS 562111 · 4 businesses · 10 employees | $1,229$63,918 a year | +14.4%up |
| Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 120 businesses · 415 employees | $1,204$62,627 a year | +5.2%up |
| Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 36 businesses · 212 employees | $1,187$61,700 a year | +3.1%up |
| Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 52 businesses · 193 employees | $1,140$59,275 a year | +4.2%up |
| Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 120 businesses · 207 employees | $1,135$59,042 a year | -4.7%down |
| Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 5 businesses · 200 employees | $1,057$54,973 a year | — |
| Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 39 businesses · 132 employees | $1,050$54,604 a year | +1.9%up |
| Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 28 businesses · 92 employees | $945$49,134 a year | +5.1%up |
| Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 34 businesses · 175 employees | $803$41,732 a year | +2.9%up |
| Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 64 businesses · 258 employees | $801$41,673 a year | +2.7%up |
| Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 11 businesses · 26 employees | $700$36,383 a year | +8.4%up |
| Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 52 businesses · 631 employees | $638$33,184 a year | +1.8%up |
| Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 46 businesses · 248 employees | $532$27,641 a year | +4.3%up |
| Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 124 businesses · 2,423 employees | $518$26,912 a year | +2.2%up |
| Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 106 businesses · 1,627 employees | $506$26,324 a year | +2.0%up |
| CaterersNAICS 722320 · 11 businesses · 131 employees | $470$24,432 a year | -2.9%down |
It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.
Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.
Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.
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