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All Occupations Salary Information in Asheville, North Carolina

The annual and hourly salary statistics of all occupations in Asheville, North Carolina are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage information of all occupations in Asheville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2012 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of All Occupations in Asheville, North Carolina

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
90th Percentile Wage	$64,890
75th Percentile Wage	$44,940
50th Percentile Wage	$29,800
25th Percentile Wage	$21,190
10th Percentile Wage	$17,560

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for all occupations in Asheville, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,560.

Table 2. Hourly Salary of All Occupations in Asheville, North Carolina

Percentile Bracket	Average Hourly Salary
90th Percentile Wage	$31.20
75th Percentile Wage	$21.60
50th Percentile Wage	$14.33
25th Percentile Wage	$10.19
10th Percentile Wage	$8.44

Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for all occupations in Asheville, North Carolina. The average hourly salary for the 90th percentile is $31.20. The median hourly salary is $14.33. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $8.44.

Table 3. Compare All Occupations Salary in Asheville with Other North Carolina Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,800 in Asheville is in the middle of salary range for all occupations in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of all occupations in Asheville is 27.6 percent (27.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Durham-Chapel Hill and 8.5 percent (8.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Jacksonville.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Durham-Chapel Hill	$41,170
Raleigh-Cary	$35,370
Winston-Salem	$32,640
Greensboro-High Point	$31,330
Fayetteville	$30,610
Wilmington	$30,360
Greenville	$30,070
Asheville	$29,800
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$29,560
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton	$29,270
Rocky Mount	$28,590
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$28,400
Burlington	$27,800
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$27,750
Goldsboro	$27,660
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$27,640
Jacksonville	$27,270

Table 4. Comparison of All Occupations Salary in Asheville, North Carolina, and the Nation

From Table 4, we note that the median annual salary of all occupations in Asheville is lower than the salary statistics of both state of North Carolina and the United States. Specifically, the median salary of all occupations in Asheville ($29,800) is 6.4 percent (6.4%) lower than that in North Carolina ($31,850) and 14.2 percent (14.2%) lower than that in the United States ($34,750).

Region	Median annual Salary
USA	$34,750
North Carolina	$31,850
Asheville	$29,800