Brickmasons and Blockmasons in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,768
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$15,172
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,125
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
$79,940
Kept after tax
$64,768
Worth in national money
$73,125
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for brickmasons and blockmasons. The middle earner takes $79,940, which ranks 7 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 28.69% above the national middle.
- Within North Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 460 occupations with published figures in the state, brickmasons and blockmasons ranks 105 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,940 the take-home is $64,768; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,125 would nationally. The average lands at $71,680, below the middle of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 7 of 50 states publishing a median for brickmasons and blockmasons, at $79,940 — about 28.69% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation North Dakota publishes a median for, brickmasons and blockmasons sits 105 of 460 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for brickmasons and blockmasons in North Dakota, on $79,940, is $64,768 — equivalent to $73,125 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $71,680 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Brickmasons and Blockmasons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,750 |
| This salary | $79,940 |
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 | $64,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,068 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,165 |
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 | $79,514 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,516 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,940 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,640 and the ninetieth is $91,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $64,768, worked from $79,940. 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 105 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,125, the adjusted value of that $79,940 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 105 of 460 in the state.
- The North Dakota median of $79,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,640 to $91,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The North Dakota take-home of $64,768, on $79,940 for work ranking 105 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 105 of 460 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $73,125 — the adjusted value of that $79,940 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 105 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $71,680, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,640 at the tenth percentile, $91,750 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 $73,125 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, $64,768 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $71,680. 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 ($51,640 to $91,750) 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 $73,125 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 $64,768 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.