Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,070
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,820
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,627
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
$50,890
Kept after tax
$43,070
Worth in national money
$48,627
State rank
21
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Dakota is 21 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $50,890. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 302 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,890 you keep $43,070, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $48,627 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $46,410, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- North Dakota ranks 21 of 45 for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers at $50,890. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 302 of 460 in North Dakota places audiovisual equipment installers and repairers 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers on $50,890 is $43,070. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $48,627 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $46,410 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,950 |
| This salary | $50,890 |
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 | $43,070 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,070 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,305 |
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 | $50,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,206 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Dakota earn less than $50,890. The published range is $34,200 up to $54,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $43,070, from $50,890, 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 302 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $48,627, the adjusted value of that $50,890 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Dakota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 302 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,200 to $54,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,070 from $50,890. 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 302 of 460 locally.
- This $48,627 adjusted figure, worked from $50,890, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 302 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 302 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 $46,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,200 at the bottom tenth to $54,950 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $48,627.
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 $43,070.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $46,410. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,200 to $54,950) 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 $48,627 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 $43,070 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.