COUNTY WAGE STANDARDS, 2010


COUNTY 3J WAGE STANDARDS, 2010         (North Carolina's Southeast Counties)
 
2010 Tier One
100% Avg. Wage
2010 Tier Two
100% Avg. Wage
2010 Tier Three
100% Avg. Wage
Alexander No Wage Standard $500 Alamance $551 $612 Brunswick $514 $571
Alleghany No Wage Standard $440 Ashe $452 $502 Buncombe $571 $634
Anson No Wage Standard $527 Avery $460 $511 Cabarrus $561 $623
Beaufort No Wage Standard $576 Catawba $563 $625 Carteret $418 $464
Bertie No Wage Standard $501 Cherokee $436 $484 Chatham $518 $576
Bladen No Wage Standard $517 Craven $516 $484 Durham $794 $1,111
Burke No Wage Standard $557 Cumberland $545 $605 Forsyth $698 $776
Caldwell No Wage Standard $545 Currituck $434 $482 Guliford $665 $773
Camden No Wage Standard $731 Dare $412 $458 Henderson $536 $596
Caswell No Wage Standard $483 Davidson $513 $570 Iredell $605 $672
Clay No Wage Standard $466 Davie $479 $532 Johnston $544 $604
Cleveland No Wage Standard $600 Duplin $463 $514 Mecklengurg $794 $938
Columbus No Wage Standard $538 Franklin $582 $647 Moore $546 $607
Edgecombe No Wage Standard $633 Gaston $554 $616 New Hanover $599 $665
Gates No Wage Standard $500 Granville $563 $626 Onslow $415 $461
Graham No Wage Standard $515 Haywood $491 $546 Orange $585 $650
Greene No Wage Standard $453 Harnett $456 $507 Pender $434 $482
Halifax No Wage Standard $491 Hoke $410 $456 Union $572 $635
Hertford No Wage Standard $528 Jackson $473 $526 Wake $739 $821
Hyde No Wage Standard $408 Lee $632 $702      
Jones No Wage Standard $507 Lincoln $506 $562      
Lenoir No Wage Standard $552 Macon $467 $519      
Martin No Wage Standard $586 Madison $424 $471      
McDowell No Wage Standard $534 Nash $551 $612      
Mitchell No Wage Standard $534 Pamlico $375 $417      
Montgomery No Wage Standard $539 Pasquotank $468 $520      
Northampton No Wage Standard $533 Perquimans $410 $455      
Richmond No Wage Standard $512 Person $528 $587      
Robeson No Wage Standard $499 Pitt $514 $571      
Rockingham No Wage Standard $586 Polk $473 $526      
Rutherford No Wage Standard $512 Randolph $505 $561      
Scotland No Wage Standard $556 Rowan $607 $647      
Surry No Wage Standard $546 Sampson $490 $544      
Tyrrell No Wage Standard $368 Stanly $490 $544      
Vance No Wage Standard $558 Stokes $436 $484      
Warren No Wage Standard $490 Swain $424 $471      
Washington No Wage Standard $450 Transylvania $459 $510      
Wayne No Wage Standard $535 Watauga $431 $479      
Wilkes No Wage Standard $530 Wilson $592 $658      
      Yadkin $439 $488      
      Yancey $437 $485      
                 
Note:  Average wage is calculated from 2nd Quarter Weekly Wage data from Employment and Securities Commission of North Carolina.
Note: Calculation criteria is mandated by the NC General Statutes:  105-129.83.(c).
Tier One Counties have no wage standards

Tier Two and Tier Three Counties:  Lesser of 110% private wages in state and 90% of private wages in county of activity.

Note: Agrarian Growth Zones and Urban Progress Zones have the same wage standard as listed above except for the following counties:  Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, and Wake.  The wage standards within Agrarian Growth Zones and Urban Progress Zones in these five counties is $650.
Source: N. C. Department of Commerce, Finance Center
Last Updated on 03/03/2010
By Marie A. McKoy


NORTH CAROLINA'S SOUTHEAST
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