Engineers, All Other Salary in Wilmington, NC

Engineers, All Other pay range in Wilmington

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $61,290 a year or less, while the top 10% make $161,860 or more. The middle half of other engineers in Wilmington earn between $97,370 and $142,620.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Engineers, All Other salary after taxes in Wilmington

On the average salary of $116,070, a single filer in Wilmington takes home about $86,363 a year, or $7,197 a month and $3,322 every two weeks. Taxes take 26% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Wilmington a good place for other engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Wilmington area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.4), so the average $116,070 buys what about $120,377 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Wilmington ($45,800). A typical home costs $446,210, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Engineers, All Other salary in other North Carolina cities

Wilmington ranks 9th of 12 North Carolina metro areas for this job; Greenville pays the most ($129,650).

All Engineers, All Other salaries in North Carolina

Highest-paying cities for other engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($171,140).

Engineers, All Other salary by city

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• Nuclear Engineers$129,880 a year
• Electrical Engineers$127,570 a year
• Mechanical Engineers$109,790 a year
• Industrial Engineers$105,700 a year
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$103,180 a year
• Civil Engineers$96,680 a year
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$98,680 a year
• Surveyors$82,650 a year

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