Biological Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,638
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,692
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,655
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
$55,330
Kept after tax
$46,638
Worth in national money
$52,655
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Dakota pays biological technicians a middle wage of $55,330, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 3.79% above the national middle.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 276 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $55,330 you keep $46,638 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,655 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota's median for biological technicians is $55,330, about 3.79% above the national figure and 17 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Biological technicians ranks 276 of 460 occupations in North Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $46,638 after the full tax stack, from $55,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,655 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,150 |
| This salary | $55,330 |
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 | $46,638 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,638 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,662 |
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 | $55,330 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,638 |
| 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 biological technicians in North Dakota earn under $55,330 and half over. The published range runs $44,950 at the tenth percentile to $69,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $46,638, worked from $55,330. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 276 of 460.
- Two cautions on $52,655, the adjusted value of that $55,330 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 276 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological technicians in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,950 to $69,150; 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.
- The North Dakota take-home of $46,638, on $55,330 for work ranking 276 of 460 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 276 of 460 in the state.
- This $52,655 adjusted figure, worked from $55,330, 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 276 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 276 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,950 at the bottom tenth to $69,150 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,655 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $46,638 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,950 to $69,150) 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 $52,655 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 $46,638 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.