Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,609
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$15,561
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,075
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
$81,170
Kept after tax
$65,609
Worth in national money
$74,075
State rank
8
of 50 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 $81,170, ranking 8 of 50 states and sitting about 19.33% above the national middle.
- Within North Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 460 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 98 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,170 you keep $65,609, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $74,075 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $72,010, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- North Dakota's median for health information technologists and medical registrars is $81,170, about 19.33% above the national figure and 8 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation North Dakota publishes a median for, health information technologists and medical registrars sits 98 of 460 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for health information technologists and medical registrars on $81,170 is $65,609. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $74,075 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 $72,010 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,010 |
| This salary | $81,170 |
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 | $65,609 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,225 |
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 | $80,710 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,599 |
| 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 $81,170. The published range is $38,950 up to $98,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $65,609 take-home in North Dakota comes from $81,170. 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 98 of 460.
- Two cautions on $74,075, the adjusted value of that $81,170 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 98 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for health information technologists and medical registrars in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,950 to $98,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $65,609, from $81,170, 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 98 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- This $74,075 adjusted figure, worked from $81,170, 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 98 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 98 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 $72,010, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $38,950 at the bottom tenth to $98,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $74,075.
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, $65,609 remains.
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.
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 $72,010. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,950) and the ninetieth ($98,010) 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 $74,075 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 $65,609 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.