Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,591
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,659
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,118
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
$60,250
Kept after tax
$50,591
Worth in national money
$57,118
State rank
3
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $60,250, ranking 3 of 48 states and sitting about 18.86% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 231.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,250 you keep $50,591 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,118 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $58,490.
- North Dakota's median for computer numerically controlled tool operators is $60,250, about 18.86% above the national figure and 3 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In North Dakota's occupational distribution, computer numerically controlled tool operators sits at 231 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 $50,591 after the full tax stack, from $60,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,118 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $58,490 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,660 |
| This salary | $60,250 |
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 | $50,591 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,591 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,057 |
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 | $60,250 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,116 |
| 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 $60,250. The published range is $46,530 up to $72,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,591 take-home in North Dakota comes from $60,250. 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 231 of 460.
- Two cautions on $57,118, the adjusted value of that $60,250 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 231 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer numerically controlled tool operators in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,530 to $72,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,591, from $60,250, 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 231 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 48 for it.
- This $57,118 adjusted figure, worked from $60,250, 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 231 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 231 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,530 at the tenth percentile, $72,660 at the ninetieth.
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 $57,118 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, $50,591 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,530 to $72,660) 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 $57,118 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 $50,591 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.