Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,766
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,235
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,541
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
$53,000
Kept after tax
$44,766
Worth in national money
$50,541
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $53,000, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 4.72% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 290 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 $53,000 you keep $44,766 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,541 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $53,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- For human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $53,000, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 4.72% 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.
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ranks 290 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 $44,766 after the full tax stack, from $53,000. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,541 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $53,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,290 |
| This salary | $53,000 |
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 | $44,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,766 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,474 |
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 | $53,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,411 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,000 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,860 and the ninetieth is $64,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $44,766, from $53,000, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 290 of 460 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,541 uses one figure for the whole of North Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 460 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 290.
- The North Dakota median of $53,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,860 to $64,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $44,766 from $53,000. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 290 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,541, worked from $53,000, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Dakota address, on work sitting at 290 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,860 and the top tenth $64,290, 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 $50,541.
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 $44,766.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,860 to $64,290) 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 $50,541 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 $44,766 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.