Food Service Managers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,481
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$12,729
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,155
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
$72,210
Kept after tax
$59,481
Worth in national money
$67,155
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays food service managers around $72,210 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 155 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $72,210 the take-home is $59,481; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,155 would nationally. The average lands at $71,180, below the middle of the range.
- For food service managers the North Dakota median is $72,210, ranking 19 of 51 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.
- Food service managers ranks 155 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.
- Post-tax income for food service managers in North Dakota, on $72,210, is $59,481 — equivalent to $67,155 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 $71,180 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,660 |
| This salary | $72,210 |
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 | $59,481 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,792 |
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 | $71,998 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,001 |
| 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 food service managers in North Dakota earn under $72,210 and half over. The published range runs $37,050 at the tenth percentile to $101,660 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 $59,481, worked from $72,210. 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 155 of 460.
- Two cautions on $67,155, the adjusted value of that $72,210 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 155 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for food service managers in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,050 to $101,660; 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 $59,481, on $72,210 for work ranking 155 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 155 of 460 in the state.
- This $67,155 adjusted figure, worked from $72,210, 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 155 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 155 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,050, the highest tenth $101,660, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Dakota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $67,155 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Dakota then takes its own share, leaving $59,481.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,050) and the ninetieth ($101,660) 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 $67,155 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 $59,481 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.