# Counties in North Carolina by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 81,374.4 |
| 2 | Wake County | 59,179.4 |
| 3 | Durham County | 26,660.3 |
| 4 | Guilford County | 20,526.3 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 14,668.7 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 11,829.9 |
| 7 | New Hanover County | 9,271.8 |
| 8 | Buncombe County | 9,166.4 |
| 9 | Orange County | 6,969.8 |
| 10 | Iredell County | 5,883.2 |
| 11 | Onslow County | 5,814.5 |
| 12 | Catawba County | 5,711.8 |
| 13 | Cabarrus County | 5,702.2 |
| 14 | Pitt County | 5,509.2 |
| 15 | Union County | 5,256.9 |
| 16 | Gaston County | 4,857.3 |
| 17 | Alamance County | 4,092.2 |
| 18 | Johnston County | 3,899.5 |
| 19 | Rowan County | 3,342.3 |
| 20 | Craven County | 3,014.2 |
| 21 | Davidson County | 2,963.1 |
| 22 | Henderson County | 2,718.4 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 2,695.5 |
| 24 | Randolph County | 2,599 |
| 25 | Moore County | 2,504.8 |
| 26 | Brunswick County | 2,486.9 |
| 27 | Nash County | 2,460.6 |
| 28 | Cleveland County | 2,215.7 |
| 29 | Wilson County | 2,210.3 |
| 30 | Robeson County | 2,022.2 |
| 31 | Lee County | 1,816.7 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 1,811.9 |
| 33 | Lenoir County | 1,663.3 |
| 34 | Surry County | 1,632.8 |
| 35 | Burke County | 1,621.5 |
| 36 | Harnett County | 1,540.8 |
| 37 | Caldwell County | 1,500.9 |
| 38 | Watauga County | 1,395.1 |
| 39 | Carteret County | 1,351.9 |
| 40 | Granville County | 1,340.9 |
| 41 | Rockingham County | 1,301.3 |
| 42 | Stanly County | 1,177.9 |
| 43 | Dare County | 1,103.3 |
| 44 | Chatham County | 1,089.7 |
| 45 | Wilkes County | 1,047.1 |
| 46 | Jackson County | 1,021.2 |
| 47 | Rutherford County | 996 |
| 48 | Pasquotank County | 989.1 |
| 49 | Duplin County | 987.7 |
| 50 | Sampson County | 971.4 |
| 51 | Haywood County | 944.4 |
| 52 | Franklin County | 927.2 |
| 53 | Beaufort County | 910.8 |
| 54 | Edgecombe County | 849.8 |
| 55 | Halifax County | 820.6 |
| 56 | McDowell County | 819.8 |
| 57 | Pender County | 812.5 |
| 58 | Davie County | 805.4 |
| 59 | Columbus County | 804.6 |
| 60 | Richmond County | 771.4 |
| 61 | Vance County | 756.5 |
| 62 | Bladen County | 735.8 |
| 63 | Macon County | 679.4 |
| 64 | Scotland County | 670.2 |
| 65 | Transylvania County | 569.4 |
| 66 | Person County | 534.7 |
| 67 | Yadkin County | 523.9 |
| 68 | Montgomery County | 506.2 |
| 69 | Hoke County | 498.1 |
| 70 | Hertford County | 470.1 |
| 71 | Alexander County | 455.1 |
| 72 | Ashe County | 432.7 |
| 73 | Cherokee County | 426 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 401.2 |
| 75 | Stokes County | 380.9 |
| 76 | Avery County | 372.6 |
| 77 | Swain County | 371.4 |
| 78 | Anson County | 353.9 |
| 79 | Martin County | 324.5 |
| 80 | Chowan County | 295.8 |
| 81 | Polk County | 291.3 |
| 82 | Mitchell County | 282 |
| 83 | Northampton County | 276.1 |
| 84 | Bertie County | 272.1 |
| 85 | Greene County | 257.6 |
| 86 | Yancey County | 253.1 |
| 87 | Madison County | 239.4 |
| 88 | Caswell County | 172.4 |
| 89 | Alleghany County | 159.9 |
| 90 | Pamlico County | 154.1 |
| 91 | Warren County | 143.5 |
| 92 | Washington County | 137.2 |
| 93 | Perquimans County | 126 |
| 94 | Clay County | 117.3 |
| 95 | Graham County | 114.2 |
| 96 | Jones County | 99.3 |
| 97 | Hyde County | 98.5 |
| 98 | Camden County | 78 |
| 99 | Gates County | 75.4 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 50.7 |