Health Care and Social Assistance in North Carolina

Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) in North Carolina reports 641,503 workers across 27,809 establishments, with $39.3B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 2.9% of national employment for this industry — a concentration ratio that tells you whether North Carolina is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Health Care and Social Assistance employees in North Carolina is $61,238/yr, versus a national average of $63,214/yr. North Carolina pays below the national average for this industry — common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Health Care and Social Assistance is 11.4%, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size — both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Health Care and Social Assistance national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the North Carolina overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).