Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,539
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,891
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,189
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
$61,430
Kept after tax
$51,539
Worth in national money
$58,189
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $61,430, putting the state 8 of 49 — about 11.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 213.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,430 you keep $51,539, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,189 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $60,510, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For environmental science and protection technicians, including health, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,430, ranking 8 of 49 and running about 11.51% 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, environmental science and protection technicians, including health sits at 213 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for environmental science and protection technicians, including health on $61,430 is $51,539. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,189 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 $60,510 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,820 |
| This salary | $61,430 |
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 | $51,539 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,539 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,152 |
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 | $61,430 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,395 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,430 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,460 and the ninetieth is $83,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,539 take-home in North Dakota comes from $61,430. 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 213 of 460.
- Two cautions on $58,189, the adjusted value of that $61,430 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 213 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $61,430 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,460 to $83,820. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $51,539, from $61,430, 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 213 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 49 for it.
- This $58,189 adjusted figure, worked from $61,430, 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 213 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 213 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,460 and the top tenth $83,820, so most people doing this work in North Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Dakota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $58,189 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $51,539 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 ($41,460 to $83,820) 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 $58,189 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 $51,539 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.