Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,401
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,879
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,517
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
$56,280
Kept after tax
$47,401
Worth in national money
$53,517
State rank
7
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $56,280, which ranks 7 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 18.16% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 274.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $56,280 you keep $47,401, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,517 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $57,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota ranks 7 of 45 states publishing a median for automotive glass installers and repairers, at $56,280 — about 18.16% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In North Dakota's occupational distribution, automotive glass installers and repairers sits at 274 of 460 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for automotive glass installers and repairers on $56,280 is $47,401. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,517 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 $57,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,930 |
| This salary | $56,280 |
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 | $47,401 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,401 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,738 |
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 | $56,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,730 |
| 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 automotive glass installers and repairers in North Dakota earn under $56,280 and half over. The published range runs $40,240 at the tenth percentile to $79,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,401 take-home in North Dakota comes from $56,280. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 274 of 460.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,517 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 274.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive glass installers and repairers in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,240 to $79,930; 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.
- Retained pay of $47,401, from $56,280, assumes a single North Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 274 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,517, worked from $56,280, 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 274 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,240 and the top tenth $79,930, so most people doing this work in North Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,517 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and North Dakota's own levy, $47,401 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($40,240 to $79,930) 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 $53,517 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 $47,401 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.