Tire Builders in North Carolina

Is North Carolina a good place for you to work as a Tire Builder?

While jobs for Tire Builders in North Carolina are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

• Employment for Tire Builders in North Carolina is expected to decrease.

• Tire Builders in North Carolina earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Tire Builders Work in North Carolina?

1,760 people worked as Tire Builders in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,710 Tire Builders employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 50 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

The typical state has 310 Tire Builders working in it, which means North Carolina has more Tire Builders than average.

Job Projections for North Carolina

Jobs for Tire Builders in this state are declining at a rate of 15.0% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -12.1%.

North Carolina Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 190 annual job openings, and 1,820 total jobs in 2026 for Tire Builders in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 2,100 annual jobs and 19,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Tire Builders Make in North Carolina?

In 2018 wages for Tire Builders ranged from $23,920 to $53,380 with $36,870 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $11.5 to $25.66. The median hourly rate was $17.72.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $17.16 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.56.

The median salary in North Carolina is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top North Carolina Metros for Tire Builders

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Tire Builders.

Metro	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	40	$21,960

Top States for Tire Builders Employment

View the list below to see where most Tire Builders work.

State	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
South Carolina	4,130	$53,760
Alabama	2,070	$51,380
Georgia	1,940	$37,770
North Carolina	1,760	$36,870
Tennessee	1,450	$52,990
Oklahoma	1,390	$54,360
Indiana	1,140	$53,400
Ohio	640	$51,310
Pennsylvania	350	$33,400
California	270	$28,920
Kentucky	230	$33,440
Missouri	220	$32,410
Texas	210	$28,060
Florida	120	$25,840
Maryland	110	$32,000
Wisconsin	90	$30,780
South Dakota	70	$30,320
Maine	40	$27,640

Below are the states where Tire Builders get paid the most:

State	Annual Median Salary
Oklahoma	$54,360
South Carolina	$53,760
Indiana	$53,400
Tennessee	$52,990
Alabama	$51,380
Ohio	$51,310
Virginia	$42,520
Georgia	$37,770
North Carolina	$36,870
Kentucky	$33,440

Related Careers in North Carolina

You may also be interested in the following careers:

Occupation	North Carolina Employment Total
Helpers–Production Workers	15,560
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4,890
Production Workers	3,050
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	1,070
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	930
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	260
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	150

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.