The annual salary statistics of bill and account collectors in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of bill and account collectors in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $27,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,020 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,990 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bill and account collectors in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bill and account collectors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $35,610 | -1.04% | 15.64% |
| 2021 | $35,980 | 3.70% | - |
| 2020 | $34,650 | -6.03% | - |
| 2019 | $36,740 | 2.86% | - |
| 2018 | $35,690 | 10.59% | - |
| 2017 | $31,910 | -1.13% | - |
| 2016 | $32,270 | 2.39% | - |
| 2015 | $31,500 | 0.06% | - |
| 2014 | $31,480 | 3.53% | - |
| 2013 | $30,370 | 1.09% | - |
| 2012 | $30,040 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,610 in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is in the middle of salary range for bill and account collectors in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of bill and account collectors in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is 24.4 percent (24.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Raleigh-Cary and 22.0 percent (22.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Jacksonville.