Computer Systems Analysts in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,231
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$23,239
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,841
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
$105,470
Kept after tax
$82,231
Worth in national money
$92,841
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays computer systems analysts around $105,470 at the midpoint, 20 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within North Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 460 occupations with published figures in the state, computer systems analysts ranks 38 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $105,470 you keep $82,231, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $92,841 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $101,850, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For computer systems analysts the North Dakota median is $105,470, ranking 20 of 50 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.
- Ranked against every occupation North Dakota publishes a median for, computer systems analysts sits 38 of 460 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for computer systems analysts on $105,470 is $82,231. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $92,841 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 $101,850 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,730 |
| This salary | $105,470 |
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 | $82,231 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,028 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,399 |
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 | $104,336 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,220 |
| 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 computer systems analysts in North Dakota earn under $105,470 and half over. The published range runs $77,770 at the tenth percentile to $130,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $82,231 take-home in North Dakota comes from $105,470. 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 38 of 460.
- Two cautions on $92,841, the adjusted value of that $105,470 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 38 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer systems analysts in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,770 to $130,730; 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 $82,231, from $105,470, 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 38 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 50 for it.
- This $92,841 adjusted figure, worked from $105,470, 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 38 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 38 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 $101,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,770 at the tenth percentile, $130,730 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 $92,841 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $82,231 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $101,850. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,770 to $130,730) 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 $92,841 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 $82,231 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.