Computer Network Support Specialists in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,397
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$13,153
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,190
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
$73,550
Kept after tax
$60,397
Worth in national money
$68,190
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays this job around $73,550 at the midpoint, 23 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 148 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $73,550 you keep $60,397, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,190 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer network support specialists the North Dakota median is $73,550, ranking 23 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 148 of 460 in North Dakota places computer network support specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for computer network support specialists on $73,550 is $60,397. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,190 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 $78,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Network Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,490 |
| This salary | $73,550 |
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 | $60,397 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,572 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,857 |
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 | $73,301 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,090 |
| 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 $73,550. The published range is $55,590 up to $111,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $60,397 take-home in North Dakota comes from $73,550. 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 148 of 460.
- Two cautions on $68,190, the adjusted value of that $73,550 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 148 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer network support specialists in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,590 to $111,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $60,397, from $73,550, 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 148 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 48 for it.
- This $68,190 adjusted figure, worked from $73,550, 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 148 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 148 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $78,200, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $55,590 and the top tenth $111,490 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $68,190.
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, $60,397 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.
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 $78,200. 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 ($55,590) and the ninetieth ($111,490) 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 $68,190 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 $60,397 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.