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Yeah, not sure where that stat comes from. Raleigh/Durham and Charlotte have a bunch of banking/tech/university/medical jobs so I think they throw off the curve somewhat (not sure if they're counting salaries in that wage calculation or not). Where I live in the mountains, the economy is largely tourism centered and wages are probably anywhere from $7-13/hr average depending on industry.
for every single person who makes 1 million dollars you would need 19 people making zero dollars to average out to 50k. subsequently, for a billion, you would need 19,999 people making zero dollars.
any state with a real tech or finance industry (of which NC has both) will have blown out averages. hence why I pointed to median salary, which works out to where half the people make just slightly north of the state's poverty line for a small family.