Program Payoff

Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection programs in North Carolina

36 schools in North Carolina teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in North Carolina

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in North Carolina earn a median of $47,910 a year across 43,440 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in North Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$75,27032,460
Construction and Building Inspectors$66,0806,490
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$47,4905,550
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$44,1105,220
Facilities Managers$108,1304,810

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh Undergraduate certificate $12,500 not published 104
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh Associate's degree not published 34
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville Associate's degree not published 2
Cape Fear Community College Wilmington Undergraduate certificate not published 45
Cape Fear Community College Wilmington Associate's degree not published 23
Carteret Community College Morehead City Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Carteret Community College Morehead City Associate's degree not published 0
Central Carolina Community College Sanford Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Central Carolina Community College Sanford Associate's degree not published 3
Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte Undergraduate certificate not published 35
Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte Associate's degree not published 14
Cleveland Community College Shelby Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Edgecombe Community College Tarboro Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville Undergraduate certificate not published 22
Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville Associate's degree not published 18
Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown Associate's degree not published 10
Haywood Community College Clyde Undergraduate certificate not published
Isothermal Community College Spindale Undergraduate certificate not published 27
Isothermal Community College Spindale Associate's degree not published 3
Montgomery Community College Troy Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Montgomery Community College Troy Associate's degree not published 0
Pitt Community College Winterville Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Pitt Community College Winterville Associate's degree not published 13
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury Undergraduate certificate not published 17
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury Associate's degree not published 8
Sampson Community College Clinton Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Sampson Community College Clinton Associate's degree not published 5
Southeastern Community College Whiteville Undergraduate certificate not published
Surry Community College Dobson Associate's degree not published 3
Western Piedmont Community College Morganton Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Western Piedmont Community College Morganton Associate's degree not published 0
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro Undergraduate certificate not published 50
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro Associate's degree not published 16
Wilson Community College Wilson Associate's degree not published 2

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.