Dental Laboratory Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,314
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$11,266
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,580
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
$67,580
Kept after tax
$56,314
Worth in national money
$63,580
State rank
2
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $67,580, putting the state 2 of 46 — about 36.22% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 166.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $67,580 you keep $56,314 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $63,580 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $66,190.
- For dental laboratory technicians, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $67,580, ranking 2 of 46 and running about 36.22% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In North Dakota's occupational distribution, dental laboratory technicians sits at 166 of 460 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $56,314 after the full tax stack, from $67,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $63,580 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $66,190 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dental Laboratory Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,360 |
| This salary | $67,580 |
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 | $56,314 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,373 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,568 |
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 | $67,497 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,692 |
| 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 dental laboratory technicians in North Dakota earn under $67,580 and half over. The published range runs $54,990 at the tenth percentile to $77,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $56,314, from $67,580, 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 166 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $63,580, the adjusted value of that $67,580 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 166 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dental laboratory technicians in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,990 to $77,360; 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.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,314 from $67,580. 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 166 of 460 locally.
- This $63,580 adjusted figure, worked from $67,580, 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 166 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 166 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,990 and the top tenth $77,360, so most people doing this work in North Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $63,580.
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, $56,314 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 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 ($54,990 to $77,360) 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 $63,580 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 $56,314 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.