Broadcast Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,820
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,270
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,087
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
$48,090
Kept after tax
$40,820
Worth in national money
$46,087
State rank
22
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays broadcast technicians around $48,090 at the midpoint, 22 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 335 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 $48,090 you keep $40,820 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $46,087 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- For broadcast technicians the North Dakota median is $48,090, ranking 22 of 47 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.
- Broadcast technicians ranks 335 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 $40,820 after the full tax stack, from $48,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,087 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Broadcast Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,850 |
| This salary | $48,090 |
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 | $40,820 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,820 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,080 |
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 | $48,090 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,935 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,090 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $27,040 and the ninetieth is $85,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $40,820, from $48,090, 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 335 of 460 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,087 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 335.
- The North Dakota median of $48,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $27,040 to $85,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,820 from $48,090. 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 335 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,087, worked from $48,090, 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 335 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $50,810 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $27,040, the highest tenth $85,850, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $46,087.
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, $40,820 remains.
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 47 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 $50,810. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($27,040) and the ninetieth ($85,850) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $46,087 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 $40,820 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.