Dietetic Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,018
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$4,872
13.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,020
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
$35,890
Kept after tax
$31,018
Worth in national money
$35,020
State rank
30
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays dietetic technicians around $35,890 at the midpoint, 30 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 460 occupations North Dakota publishes, dietetic technicians lands at 430. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,890 the take-home is $31,018; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,020 would nationally. The average lands at $35,530, below the middle of the range.
- For dietetic technicians the North Dakota median is $35,890, ranking 30 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within North Dakota, this work ranks 430 of 460 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for dietetic technicians in North Dakota, on $35,890, is $31,018 — equivalent to $35,020 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 $35,530 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,900 |
| This salary | $35,890 |
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 | $31,018 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,018 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,100 |
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 | $35,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,750 |
| 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 dietetic technicians in North Dakota earn under $35,890 and half over. The published range runs $28,110 at the tenth percentile to $38,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $31,018, from $35,890, 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 430 of 460 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,020, the adjusted value of that $35,890 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 430 of 460 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietetic technicians in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,110 to $38,900; 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 $31,018 from $35,890. 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 430 of 460 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $35,020 — the adjusted value of that $35,890 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 430 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,110 at the tenth percentile, $38,900 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,020.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Dakota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $31,018 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,110 to $38,900) 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 $35,020 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 $31,018 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.