Education Administrators, All Other in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,768
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$22,102
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,060
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
$101,870
Kept after tax
$79,768
Worth in national money
$90,060
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $101,870, ranking 14 of 49 states and sitting about 7.01% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Dakota. It ranks 46 out of 460 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $101,870 you keep $79,768, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $90,060 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $99,760, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- North Dakota's median for education administrators, all other is $101,870, about 7.01% above the national figure and 14 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within North Dakota, education administrators, all other ranks 46 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for education administrators, all other on $101,870 is $79,768. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $90,060 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 $99,760 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,240 |
| This salary | $101,870 |
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 | $79,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,496 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,225 |
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 | $100,836 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,980 |
| 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 education administrators, all other in North Dakota earn under $101,870 and half over. The published range runs $64,670 at the tenth percentile to $126,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,768 take-home in North Dakota comes from $101,870. 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 46 of 460.
- Two cautions on $90,060, the adjusted value of that $101,870 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 46 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,670 to $126,240; 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.
- Retained pay of $79,768, from $101,870, 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 46 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 49 for it.
- This $90,060 adjusted figure, worked from $101,870, 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 46 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 46 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $64,670 and the top tenth $126,240, 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 $90,060.
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 $79,768 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 49 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 ($64,670 to $126,240) 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 $90,060 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 $79,768 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.