Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,027
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$24,993
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,127
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
$111,020
Kept after tax
$86,027
Worth in national money
$97,127
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $111,020, which ranks 2 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 19.06% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 460 occupations North Dakota reports, this job comes in at 27 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $111,020 the take-home is $86,027; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $97,127 would nationally. The average comes to $113,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 2 of 48 states publishing a median for chemistry teachers, postsecondary, at $111,020 — about 19.06% 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.
- Chemistry teachers, postsecondary ranks 27 of 460 occupations by median in North Dakota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota, on $111,020, is $86,027 — equivalent to $97,127 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 $113,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $111,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,240 |
| This salary | $111,020 |
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 | $86,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,667 |
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 | $109,733 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,590 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of chemistry teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota earn under $111,020 and half over. The published range runs $51,740 at the tenth percentile to $172,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $86,027 take-home in North Dakota comes from $111,020. 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 27 of 460.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $97,127 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 27.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemistry teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,740 to $172,240; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $86,027, from $111,020, 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 27 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $97,127, worked from $111,020, 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 27 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,740 at the bottom tenth to $172,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $97,127.
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, $86,027 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,740) and the ninetieth ($172,240) 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 $97,127 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 $86,027 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.