Dental Hygienists in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,012
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$18,518
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,303
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
$90,530
Kept after tax
$72,012
Worth in national money
$81,303
State rank
36
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is on the low side in North Dakota. The middle earner gets $90,530. That is 36 of 50 states, and about 7.72% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Dakota. It ranks 72 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 $90,530 the take-home is $72,012; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $81,303 would nationally. The average lands at $89,750, below the middle of the range.
- For dental hygienists, North Dakota sits in the lower band at $90,530, ranking 36 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 7.72%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within North Dakota, dental hygienists ranks 72 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 dental hygienists in North Dakota, on $90,530, is $72,012 — equivalent to $81,303 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 $89,750 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,530 |
| This salary | $90,530 |
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 | $72,012 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,518 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,677 |
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 | $89,811 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,223 |
| 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 $90,530. The published range is $82,890 up to $98,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $72,012, from $90,530, 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 72 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $81,303, the adjusted value of that $90,530 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 72 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $82,890 to $98,530. 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 $72,012 from $90,530. 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 72 of 460 locally.
- This $81,303 adjusted figure, worked from $90,530, 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 72 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 72 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $82,890 at the bottom tenth to $98,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $81,303 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, $72,012 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($82,890 to $98,530) 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 $81,303 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 $72,012 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.