The annual salary statistics of real estate brokers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of real estate brokers 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 | $22,920 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,360 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,980 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for real estate brokers 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 $73,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,920.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of real estate brokers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $29,610 | -9.83% | -8.78% |
| 2016 | $32,520 | -9.47% | - |
| 2015 | $35,600 | 4.58% | - |
| 2014 | $33,970 | 5.18% | - |
| 2012 | $32,210 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,610 in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is in the middle of salary range for real estate brokers in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of real estate brokers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton is 69.7 percent (69.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Winston-Salem and 5.4 percent (5.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area.