Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,825
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$10,205
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,640
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
$63,030
Kept after tax
$52,825
Worth in national money
$59,640
State rank
2
of 47 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 $63,030, ranking 2 of 47 states and sitting about 11.46% above the national middle.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 197 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,030 you keep $52,825 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $59,640 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $67,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota's median for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians is $63,030, about 11.46% above the national figure and 2 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 197 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.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $52,825 after the full tax stack, from $63,030. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $59,640 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $67,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,260 |
| This salary | $63,030 |
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 | $52,825 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,825 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,280 |
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 | $63,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,800 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Dakota earn less than $63,030. The published range is $48,120 up to $90,260, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $52,825, worked from $63,030. 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 197 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,640, the adjusted value of that $63,030 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 197 of 460 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,120 to $90,260. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The North Dakota take-home of $52,825, on $63,030 for work ranking 197 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 197 of 460 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $59,640 — the adjusted value of that $63,030 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 197 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $67,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,120 at the bottom tenth to $90,260 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $59,640.
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, $52,825 remains.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in North Dakota is $67,410. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,120 to $90,260) 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 $59,640 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 $52,825 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.