Construction Managers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,905
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$22,165
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,215
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
$102,070
Kept after tax
$79,905
Worth in national money
$90,215
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction managers is on the low side in North Dakota. The middle earner gets $102,070. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 11.24% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 460 occupations North Dakota reports, construction managers comes in at 45 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $102,070 the take-home is $79,905; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $90,215 would nationally. The average comes to $110,550, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For construction managers, North Dakota sits in the lower band at $102,070, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.24%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Construction managers ranks 45 of 460 occupations by median in North Dakota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for construction managers in North Dakota, on $102,070, is $79,905 — equivalent to $90,215 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 $110,550 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,570 |
| This salary | $102,070 |
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 | $79,905 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,636 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,234 |
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 | $101,031 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,993 |
| 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 construction managers in North Dakota earn under $102,070 and half over. The published range runs $63,470 at the tenth percentile to $168,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,905 take-home in North Dakota comes from $102,070. 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 45 of 460.
- Two cautions on $90,215, the adjusted value of that $102,070 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 45 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction managers in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,470 to $168,570; 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 $79,905, from $102,070, 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 45 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- This $90,215 adjusted figure, worked from $102,070, 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 45 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 45 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 $110,550, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,470 at the bottom tenth to $168,570 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $90,215 in national terms.
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, $79,905 remains.
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.
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 $110,550. 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 ($63,470) and the ninetieth ($168,570) 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 $90,215 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 $79,905 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.