Computer Occupations, All Other in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,667
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$14,663
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,882
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
$78,330
Kept after tax
$63,667
Worth in national money
$71,882
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $78,330, 49 of 51 states and about 32.81% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Dakota. It ranks 112 out of 460 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $78,330 the take-home is $63,667; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $71,882 would nationally. The average comes to $80,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota's $78,330 median for computer occupations, all other places it 49 of 51 states, about 32.81% 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.
- Within North Dakota, computer occupations, all other ranks 112 of 460 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for computer occupations, all other in North Dakota, on $78,330, is $63,667 — equivalent to $71,882 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 $80,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer Occupations, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,590 |
| This salary | $78,330 |
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 | $63,667 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,935 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,088 |
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 | $77,949 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,409 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,330 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,730 and the ninetieth is $123,590 — 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 $63,667, worked from $78,330. 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 112 of 460.
- Two cautions on $71,882, the adjusted value of that $78,330 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 112 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $78,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,730 to $123,590. 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 $63,667, on $78,330 for work ranking 112 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 112 of 460 in the state.
- This $71,882 adjusted figure, worked from $78,330, 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 112 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 112 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,730 and the top tenth $123,590 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $71,882 in national terms.
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 $63,667 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,730) and the ninetieth ($123,590) 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 $71,882 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 $63,667 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.