Watauga County · North Carolina · United States
This is what each kind of business actually pays in Watauga 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 7 businesses · 39 employees | $1,558$81,020 a year | +0.3%flat |
| Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 24 businesses · 218 employees | $1,093$56,857 a year | -2.8%down |
| Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 30 businesses · 126 employees | $1,076$55,949 a year | +7.0%up |
| Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 85 businesses · 313 employees | $1,023$53,179 a year | +7.2%up |
| Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 28 businesses · 116 employees | $1,010$52,502 a year | +4.6%up |
| Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 7 businesses · 37 employees | $1,004$52,196 a year | +18.3%up |
| Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 5 businesses · 125 employees | $996$51,801 a year | +19.1%up |
| Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 15 businesses · 57 employees | $981$51,038 a year | +2.2%up |
| Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 50 businesses · 313 employees | $969$50,382 a year | +8.6%up |
| Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 120 businesses · 386 employees | $964$50,114 a year | +1.2%up |
| Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 26 businesses · 80 employees | $882$45,859 a year | +3.5%up |
| Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 46 businesses · 159 employees | $780$40,569 a year | +14.7%up |
| Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 10 businesses · 659 employees | $464$24,122 a year | +1.3%up |
| Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 10 businesses · 119 employees | $437$22,726 a year | +3.6%up |
| Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 90 businesses · 2,243 employees | $419$21,803 a year | +2.4%up |
| Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 42 businesses · 774 employees | $366$19,015 a year | +3.4%up |
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.
The counties that take in the most people from Watauga County. Same trade, different pay.
The same trades, priced differently a county over.
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