Editors in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,808
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,712
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,363
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
$60,520
Kept after tax
$50,808
Worth in national money
$57,363
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is among the lower-paying states for editors. The middle earner takes $60,520, ranking 35 of 50 states — about 22.33% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 228 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,520 you keep $50,808, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $57,363 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $60,420, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- North Dakota ranks 35 of 50 for editors, with a median of $60,520 — about 22.33% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Editors ranks 228 of 460 occupations in North Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for editors on $60,520 is $50,808. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $57,363 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 $60,420 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Editors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,930 |
| This salary | $60,520 |
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 | $50,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,808 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,078 |
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 | $60,520 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,165 |
| 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 editors in North Dakota earn under $60,520 and half over. The published range runs $30,660 at the tenth percentile to $92,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $50,808, worked from $60,520. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 228 of 460.
- Two cautions on $57,363, the adjusted value of that $60,520 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 228 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for editors in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,660 to $92,930; 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.
- The North Dakota take-home of $50,808, on $60,520 for work ranking 228 of 460 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 228 of 460 in the state.
- This $57,363 adjusted figure, worked from $60,520, 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 228 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 228 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,660, the highest tenth $92,930, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $57,363.
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 $50,808 of this wage survives to your account.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,660) and the ninetieth ($92,930) 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 $57,363 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 $50,808 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.