Coaches and Scouts in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,990
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$5,110
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,117
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
$37,100
Kept after tax
$31,990
Worth in national money
$36,117
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Dakota pays coaches and scouts a middle wage of $37,100, 46 of 49 states and about 21.6% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within North Dakota this is lower-paid work. Of 460 occupations the state publishes figures for, coaches and scouts ranks 422. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,100 you keep $31,990 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,117 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota's $37,100 median for coaches and scouts places it 46 of 49 states, about 21.6% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation North Dakota reports, coaches and scouts ranks 422 of 460, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $31,990 after the full tax stack, from $37,100. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,117 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Coaches and Scouts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,210 |
| This salary | $37,100 |
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 | $31,990 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,990 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,198 |
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 | $37,100 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,867 |
| 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 $37,100. The published range is $24,330 up to $75,210, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $31,990 take-home in North Dakota comes from $37,100. 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 422 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,117, the adjusted value of that $37,100 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 422 of 460 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for coaches and scouts in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,330 to $75,210. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $31,990, from $37,100, 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 422 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $36,117 — the adjusted value of that $37,100 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 422 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 $46,180, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $24,330, the highest tenth $75,210, 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 $36,117.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Dakota then takes its own share, leaving $31,990.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $46,180. 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 ($24,330) and the ninetieth ($75,210) 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 $36,117 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 $31,990 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.