Business Teachers, Postsecondary in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,363
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$24,687
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,377
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
$110,050
Kept after tax
$85,363
Worth in national money
$96,377
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $110,050, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 11.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Within North Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 460 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 29 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $110,050 you keep $85,363, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $96,377 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $116,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For business teachers, postsecondary, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,050, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 11.07% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation North Dakota publishes a median for, business teachers, postsecondary sits 29 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for business teachers, postsecondary on $110,050 is $85,363. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $96,377 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 $116,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $203,170 |
| This salary | $110,050 |
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 | $85,363 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,250 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,620 |
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 | $108,790 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,525 |
| 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 $110,050. The published range is $58,730 up to $203,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $85,363, from $110,050, 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 29 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 $96,377 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 29.
- Reported values are medians; for business teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,730 to $203,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,363 from $110,050. 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 29 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $96,377, worked from $110,050, 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 29 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 $116,420 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,730 and the top tenth $203,170 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $96,377 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, $85,363 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 $116,420. 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 ($58,730) and the ninetieth ($203,170) 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 $96,377 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 $85,363 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.