Aircraft Service Attendants in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,791
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$6,529
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,667
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
$44,320
Kept after tax
$37,791
Worth in national money
$42,667
State rank
16
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays aircraft service attendants around $44,320 at the midpoint, 16 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 460 occupations North Dakota publishes, aircraft service attendants lands at 378. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,320 you keep $37,791 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,667 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,660, since top earners drag the number up.
- For aircraft service attendants the North Dakota median is $44,320, ranking 16 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within North Dakota, this work ranks 378 of 460 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $37,791 after the full tax stack, from $44,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,667 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,660 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,430 |
| This salary | $44,320 |
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 | $37,791 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,791 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,777 |
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 | $44,320 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,568 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in North Dakota earn under $44,320 and half over. The published range runs $36,660 at the tenth percentile to $58,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $37,791, from $44,320, 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 378 of 460 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,667, the adjusted value of that $44,320 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 378 of 460 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,660 to $58,430; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,791 from $44,320. 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 378 of 460 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $42,667 — the adjusted value of that $44,320 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 378 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,660 at the tenth percentile, $58,430 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Dakota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,667 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Dakota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,791 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,660 to $58,430) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to North Dakota rather than a national figure.
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 $42,667 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 $37,791 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.