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Medication aide salary in North Carolina

Open medication aide jobs in North Carolina post a median of $17 an hour, the middle half $16.50–$18.63 (about $35,400 a year full time), $4 below the national posted median. From 20 jobs at 16 employers that state their pay.

$17
Median posted /hr
$16.50–$18.63
Middle half /hr
$35,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.49
BLS median in NC
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medication aide jobs in North Carolina · Medication aide pay nationwide

What medication aides are paid in North Carolina

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $17 an hour. Middle half $16.50 to $18.63. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 20 open jobs in North Carolina. Lowest posted $13, highest $31.

Posted on open jobs in North Carolina

$16.50–$18.63/hr

Middle half of 20 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $17. 49% of the 41 open medication aide jobs in North Carolina state an hourly rate.

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Medication aide pay by employer in North Carolina

What each employer posts for medication aides here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Alamance House$16.75$13–$212
Carteret House$16.75$13–$212
DaySpring of Wallace$16.75$13–$212
Mt. Pleasant House$16.75$13–$212
Ignite Medical Resorts$26$21–$311
Autumn Care of Waynesville$25$251
Galloway Ridge$22.28$21.33–$23.231
Greentree Ridge Health & Rehab Center$21$20–$221
Hertford Rehabilitation and Healthcare$19$16–$221
Charter Senior Living$18.50$17–$201
Franklin Manor Assisted Living Center$18$181
Cherry Springs Village$16.50$13–$201
Clayton House$16.50$13–$201
Currituck House$16.50$13–$201
Franklin House$16.50$13–$201
Haywood Springs$16.50$13–$201

Median of each employer's jobs in North Carolina (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for medication aides nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open medication aide jobs in North Carolina

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in North Carolina

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, North Carolina. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$14.55 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$17.28 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.49 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$21.08 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.64 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)64,010 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Medication aide salary in North Carolina: common questions

How much does a medication aide make in North Carolina?

Open medication aide jobs in North Carolina that state an hourly rate post a median of $17, the middle half $16.50–$18.63 (20 jobs from 16 employers). Full time that is about $35,400 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.49/hr ($38,460 a year) for people employed in the occupation in North Carolina (May 2025).

How does North Carolina compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in North Carolina ($17) is $4 below the national posted median of $21. In the BLS survey North Carolina ranks 36 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 20 of 41 open medication aide jobs in North Carolina (49%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Medication aide pay in other states

Medication aide salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Nursing Assistants & Patient Care Techs job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →North Carolina pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medication aide salary in North Carolina. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medication-aide/north-carolina

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