CRNA salary in North Carolina
Use this page to benchmark how crna pay is showing up in North Carolina right now, which metro markets appear strongest, and how the state compares with the broader national picture.
As of September 2026, CRNAs in North Carolina earn a median of $257,500 per year on Anesthesio, with the middle half of salary-bearing postings between $240,000 and $362,500. The figures come from 56 active openings that publish pay, not from survey estimates, and refresh as postings change. That is below the national CRNA midpoint of $285,000.
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Market signal from live postings
About 310 CRNA postings are active in North Carolina on Anesthesio. The tables below split posted pay by employment type and by practice setting, using every active posting that publishes compensation; a row appears only when at least ten postings support it. 47% of permanent postings advertise a sign-on bonus. Computed September 26, 2026.
| Employment type | Median | Middle range | Active postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent (employed / W-2) | $257,500 | $225,000 – $364,000 | about 95 |
| LocumsHourly rates annualized at 2,080 hours | $520,000 | $481,000 – $520,000 | about 150 |
| Per diemDaily rates annualized at 220 shifts | $364,000 | $361,000 – $364,000 | about 16 |
| Setting | Median | Middle range | Active postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | $257,500 | $250,000 – $375,000 | about 85 |
| Ambulatory surgery center |
Locums and per diem figures convert posted hourly or daily rates to an annual equivalent so the rows compare on one scale; they are gross contract rates, not W-2 salaries with benefits. Postings without a published rate are excluded. Educational context only, not tax or legal advice.
These cities have enough current salary-bearing listings to surface a directional compensation snapshot.
Median $257,500
Median $300,000
Median $225,000
A few current examples from the live job feed so the salary page stays tied to real market openings.
Move from salary benchmarking into matching live openings, then use the offer comparison tool once one package is real enough to pressure-test.
Use the role-wide salary rankings page to see where North Carolina sits relative to the other published CRNAs markets, then move back into any state page for local context.
Start with the strongest state-level salary markets where Anesthesio has enough active compensation data to publish a useful snapshot.
Once you know how North Carolina compares on pay, the next useful move is usually checking broader compensation framing, role tradeoffs, or real offer math before you commit to a package story.
Zoom out from one CRNA state page when taxes, benefits, or package structure matter more than a single local median.
Check where one interesting state sits against the broader CRNA leaderboard before you commit to a market story.
Use the broad decision guide when local pay research turns into a bigger role-choice question.
Practical market context, not a synthetic salary survey.
These salary pages are built from active CRNA job postings on Anesthesio that include structured compensation data. We use salary ranges from current listings, compute midpoints for directional market comparisons, and surface percentile bands to show spread rather than pretending the market has one exact number.
That means this page is best used for market orientation: understanding where current openings cluster, how wide compensation ranges look, and which states or metros are paying above or below the middle of the market right now.
Based on current salary-bearing CRNA listings on Anesthesio, the market midpoint in North Carolina is around $257,500, with most current salary ranges clustering between $240,000 and $362,500.
North Carolina currently sits below the national midpoint on Anesthesio’s active salary-bearing listings. That does not mean every job in the state pays more or less — it just means the current state-level market signal is moving lower than the national center.
On active North Carolina postings, permanent CRNA roles show a median of $257,500 ($225,000 to $364,000 middle range), while locums postings annualize to a median of $520,000 from their hourly rates at 2,080 hours. Locums figures are gross contract rates without benefits, so compare them with the W-2 vs 1099 tool before treating the gap as take-home.
Use it to benchmark whether a target job looks below-market, near-market, or above-market for North Carolina, then open individual listings and the Offer Comparison tool when you need to model taxes, bonuses, or employment-structure tradeoffs on a real offer.
| $275,000 |
| $200,625 – $364,000 |
| about 45 |
Switch into side-by-side package modeling once a state-specific CRNA lead becomes a real offer decision.