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Rutherford County · North Carolina · United States

What trades pay in Rutherford County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Rutherford County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$806 Median weekly pay across these 21 trades. $2,022 — $394.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 6 businesses · 34 employees$2,022$105,124 a year-7.2%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 45 businesses · 545 employees$1,346$69,974 a year+8.2%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 16 businesses · 46 employees$1,289$67,024 a year+7.0%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 9 businesses · 128 employees$1,266$65,845 a year-4.4%down
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 12 businesses · 62 employees$1,178$61,235 a year+5.8%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 16 businesses · 89 employees$1,044$54,270 a year+15.0%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 5 businesses · 27 employees$1,038$53,974 a year+37.7%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 12 businesses · 254 employees$834$43,357 a year+6.5%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 26 businesses · 225 employees$830$43,135 a year-1.1%down
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 13 businesses · 54 employees$818$42,554 a year+4.2%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 8 businesses · 468 employees$806$41,895 a year+1.9%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 27 businesses · 50 employees$793$41,233 a year+9.1%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 40 businesses · 78 employees$785$40,818 a year+3.4%up
Automotive oil change and lubricationNAICS 811191 · 3 businesses · 28 employees$722$37,519 a year+4.2%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 14 businesses · 40 employees$682$35,447 a year-5.4%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 8 businesses · 5 employees$589$30,639 a year-10.2%down
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 11 businesses · 136 employees$562$29,240 a year+6.2%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 12 businesses · 123 employees$472$24,557 a year-0.4%flat
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 11 businesses · 535 employees$467$24,291 a year-0.8%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 51 businesses · 718 employees$429$22,322 a year-0.7%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 38 businesses · 612 employees$394$20,474 a year+13.5%up

What this number is, and what it is not

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.

How the county is doing

Businesses4,419
Employees47,473
Annual payroll$2 M
Net movement of people+896People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Rutherford County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in North Carolina

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Rutherford County?
Across the 21 trades on this page, the middle one pays $806 a week. The highest pays $2,022 and the lowest $394.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Rutherford County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.