Salaries

Salaries in Charlotte.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.97x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$330,000

Chief Security Officer

Median of All Roles

$134,000

EdTech ML Engineer

Entry Level

$32,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Charlotte, NC has a cost-of-living index of 0.97x the national average. The highest-paying role is Chief Security Officer at $330,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $134,000. Charlotte is the second largest banking center in the U.

About the Charlotte market

Charlotte is the second largest banking center in the U.S. after New York, with Bank of America and Truist headquartered here. The city's financial services dominance creates strong demand for finance, tech, and operations professionals. Rapid population growth has expanded the tech sector, with fintech and enterprise software companies establishing offices.

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Top 50 salaries in Charlotte

#RoleMedianRange
1Chief Security Officer$330,000$257,000 – $429,000
2SVP of Engineering$324,000$275,000 – $421,000
3SVP of Data$324,000$275,000 – $421,000
4SVP of Technology$324,000$275,000 – $421,000
5Senior VP of Security$323,000$275,000 – $420,000
6SVP of Product$317,000$269,000 – $412,000
7SVP of AI Innovation$314,000$267,000 – $408,000
8Senior VP of Product$313,000$245,000 – $407,000
9VP of Analytics$306,000$260,000 – $397,000
10VP of Developer Experience$306,000$260,000 – $397,000
11VP of Security$306,000$260,000 – $397,000
12VP of Partner Engineering$306,000$260,000 – $397,000
13VP of Network Engineering$306,000$260,000 – $397,000
14VP of Database Engineering$306,000$260,000 – $397,000
15CTO$303,000$236,000 – $393,000
16Chief Architect$303,000$257,000 – $393,000
17SVP of Finance$302,000$257,000 – $392,000
18VP of Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
19VP of AI$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
20VP of Platform Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
21VP of Cloud$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
22VP of Information Security$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
23VP of Core Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
24VP of Quality$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
25VP of Data Engineering$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
26VP of Infrastructure$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
27VP of Field Engineering$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
28SVP of Strategy$297,000$232,000 – $386,000
29VP of Application Engineering$297,000$253,000 – $386,000
30Chief AI Officer$295,000$219,000 – $380,000
31Chief Design Officer$295,000$230,000 – $384,000
32Chief Strategy Officer$295,000$230,000 – $383,000
33VP of IT$294,000$250,000 – $382,000
34VP of Information Technology$294,000$250,000 – $382,000
35SVP of Sales$294,000$229,000 – $382,000
36Chief Science Officer$292,000$228,000 – $379,000
37VP of AI Product$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
38VP of AI Engineering$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
39VP of Mobile$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
40VP of Privacy$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
41VP of Risk$291,000$247,000 – $378,000
42VP of Support Engineering$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
43VP of Site Reliability Engineering$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
44VP of Cybersecurity$291,000$248,000 – $378,000
45Senior Head of Security$289,000$246,000 – $375,000
46Senior VP of Design$289,000$226,000 – $375,000
47VP of Data Science$288,000$245,000 – $375,000
48VP of AI Research$288,000$245,000 – $375,000
49Chief Machine Learning Officer$288,000$225,000 – $375,000
50Chief Digital Officer$288,000$224,000 – $374,000

Tax considerations

North Carolina has a flat 4.5% state income tax. Charlotte has no city income tax. The moderate rate combined with low living costs makes net compensation very attractive.

Negotiating in Charlotte

Benchmark against banking sector pay scales. Even non finance roles in Charlotte benefit from the high compensation standards set by major banks headquartered here.

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