Computer User Support Specialists in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,443
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,867
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,080
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
$61,310
Kept after tax
$51,443
Worth in national money
$58,080
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Dakota is 19 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $61,310. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 214 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,310 the take-home is $51,443; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,080 would nationally. The average comes to $65,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 19 of 51 for computer user support specialists at $61,310. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Computer user support specialists ranks 214 of 460 occupations in North Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for computer user support specialists in North Dakota, on $61,310, is $51,443 — equivalent to $58,080 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 $65,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,430 |
| This salary | $61,310 |
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 | $51,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,443 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,142 |
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 | $61,310 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,365 |
| 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 $61,310. The published range is $45,310 up to $92,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $51,443, from $61,310, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 214 of 460 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $58,080 uses one figure for the whole of North Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 460 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 214.
- Reported values are medians; for computer user support specialists in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,310 to $92,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,443 from $61,310. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 214 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,080, worked from $61,310, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Dakota address, on work sitting at 214 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 $65,220, 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 $45,310, the highest tenth $92,430, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $58,080 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $51,443.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $65,220. 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 ($45,310) and the ninetieth ($92,430) 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 $58,080 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 $51,443 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.