Advertising Sales Agents in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,443
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,667
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,920
North Dakota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Dakota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$50,110
Kept after tax
$42,443
Worth in national money
$47,920
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for advertising sales agents is on the low side in North Dakota. The middle earner gets $50,110. That is 36 of 48 states, and about 22.69% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Advertising sales agents ranks 311 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,110 you keep $42,443 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $47,920 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $60,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- For advertising sales agents, North Dakota sits in the lower band at $50,110, ranking 36 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 22.69%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 311 of 460 in North Dakota places advertising sales agents in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $42,443 after the full tax stack, from $50,110. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,920 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $60,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Advertising Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,440 |
| This salary | $50,110 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in North Dakota | $42,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,443 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,242 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $50,110 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,131 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,110 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,180 and the ninetieth is $94,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $42,443, from $50,110, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 311 of 460 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,920 uses one figure for the whole of North Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 460 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 311.
- The North Dakota median of $50,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,180 to $94,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $42,443 from $50,110. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 311 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,920, worked from $50,110, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Dakota address, on work sitting at 311 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $60,580, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,180 and the top tenth $94,440 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $47,920 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Dakota then takes its own share, leaving $42,443.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in North Dakota is $60,580. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,180) and the ninetieth ($94,440) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Dakota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $47,920 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $42,443 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Dakota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.