Business Operations Specialists, All Other in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,151
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$15,349
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,557
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
$80,500
Kept after tax
$65,151
Worth in national money
$73,557
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Dakota is 25 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $80,500. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within North Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 460 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 104 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,500 the take-home is $65,151; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,557 would nationally. The average comes to $86,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 25 of 51 for business operations specialists, all other at $80,500. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation North Dakota publishes a median for, business operations specialists, all other sits 104 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 business operations specialists, all other in North Dakota, on $80,500, is $65,151 — equivalent to $73,557 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 $86,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,620 |
| This salary | $80,500 |
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 | $65,151 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,462 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,193 |
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 | $80,059 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,554 |
| 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 $80,500. The published range is $51,870 up to $131,620, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $65,151 take-home in North Dakota comes from $80,500. 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 104 of 460.
- Two cautions on $73,557, the adjusted value of that $80,500 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 104 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for business operations specialists, all other in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,870 to $131,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $65,151, from $80,500, 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 104 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- This $73,557 adjusted figure, worked from $80,500, 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 104 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 104 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 $86,860, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,870 and the top tenth $131,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $73,557 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, $65,151 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.
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 $86,860. 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 ($51,870) and the ninetieth ($131,620) 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 $73,557 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 $65,151 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.