I just started driving for DoorDash. I just made my first quarterly payment to the IRS. Do I also need to make a separate quarterly payment to North Carolina?

Form NC-40 for personal filers. North Carolina follows the IRS standards for estimated payments. If you will owe $1000 or more in tax for the current year, you are required to make 90% of the tax due, over quarterly payments. It has to be at least 100% of the previous year, even if you think you won’t make as much in the current year.

You NEED to, if your North Carolina tax was $1,000 or more. 

You might WANT to, so that you do not have a huge state tax bill next year. 

Link for North Carolina Estimated tax payments.