Buyers and Purchasing Agents in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,347
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$14,053
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,391
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
$76,400
Kept after tax
$62,347
Worth in national money
$70,391
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Dakota is 20 of 51 states for buyers and purchasing agents, with a middle wage of $76,400. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 125.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $76,400 you keep $62,347 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,391 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $77,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota ranks 20 of 51 for buyers and purchasing agents at $76,400. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In North Dakota's occupational distribution, buyers and purchasing agents sits at 125 of 460 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $62,347 after the full tax stack, from $76,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,391 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $77,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Buyers and Purchasing Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,070 |
| This salary | $76,400 |
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 | $62,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,577 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,995 |
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 | $76,072 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,280 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,400 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,630 and the ninetieth is $106,070 — 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 $62,347, worked from $76,400. 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 125 of 460.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,391 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 125.
- The North Dakota median of $76,400 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,630 to $106,070. 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 $62,347, on $76,400 for work ranking 125 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 125 of 460 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,391, worked from $76,400, 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 125 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $52,630 and the top tenth $106,070, so most people doing this work in North Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $70,391 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Dakota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $62,347 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($52,630 to $106,070) 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 $70,391 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 $62,347 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.