Counter and Rental Clerks in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,032
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$6,588
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,939
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
$44,620
Kept after tax
$38,032
Worth in national money
$42,939
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for counter and rental clerks. The middle earner takes $44,620, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 8.04% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in North Dakota, this one sits low: 377 of 460 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,620 you keep $38,032, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,939 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,710, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for counter and rental clerks, at $44,620 — about 8.04% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Counter and rental clerks occupies position 377 of 460 in North Dakota's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for counter and rental clerks on $44,620 is $38,032. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,939 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 $47,710 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Counter and Rental Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,680 |
| This salary | $44,620 |
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 | $38,032 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,032 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,801 |
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 | $44,620 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,597 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,620 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,690 and the ninetieth is $73,680 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,032 take-home in North Dakota comes from $44,620. 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 377 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,939, the adjusted value of that $44,620 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 377 of 460 in the state.
- The North Dakota median of $44,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,690 to $73,680. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,032, from $44,620, 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 377 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $42,939 — the adjusted value of that $44,620 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 377 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $47,710 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $28,690, the highest tenth $73,680, 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 $42,939 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, $38,032 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $47,710. 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 ($28,690) and the ninetieth ($73,680) 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 $42,939 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 $38,032 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.