Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,760
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,500
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,149
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
$49,260
Kept after tax
$41,760
Worth in national money
$47,149
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,260, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.12% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 320.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,260 the take-home is $41,760; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,149 would nationally. The average comes to $50,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for industrial truck and tractor operators, at $49,260 — about 6.12% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In North Dakota's occupational distribution, industrial truck and tractor operators sits at 320 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.
- Post-tax income for industrial truck and tractor operators in North Dakota, on $49,260, is $41,760 — equivalent to $47,149 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 $50,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,700 |
| This salary | $49,260 |
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 | $41,760 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,174 |
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 | $49,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,048 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,260 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,720 and the ninetieth is $62,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $41,760 take-home in North Dakota comes from $49,260. 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 320 of 460.
- Two cautions on $47,149, the adjusted value of that $49,260 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 320 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $49,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,720 to $62,700. 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 $41,760, from $49,260, 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 320 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $47,149 adjusted figure, worked from $49,260, 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 320 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 320 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 $50,920, 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 $40,720 at the bottom tenth to $62,700 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,149 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $41,760 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $50,920. 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 ($40,720 to $62,700) 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 $47,149 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 $41,760 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.