Information Security Analysts in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,647
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$23,893
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,439
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
$107,540
Kept after tax
$83,647
Worth in national money
$94,439
State rank
31
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Dakota is 31 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $107,540. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Dakota. It ranks 34 out of 460 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $107,540 the take-home is $83,647; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $94,439 would nationally. The average lands at $107,420, below the middle of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 31 of 48 for information security analysts at $107,540. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within North Dakota, information security analysts ranks 34 of 460 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for information security analysts in North Dakota, on $107,540, is $83,647 — equivalent to $94,439 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 $107,420 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,360 |
| This salary | $107,540 |
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 | $83,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,484 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,499 |
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 | $106,349 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,358 |
| 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 information security analysts in North Dakota earn under $107,540 and half over. The published range runs $69,480 at the tenth percentile to $139,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $83,647, from $107,540, 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 34 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 $94,439 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 34.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $69,480 to $139,360; 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.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $83,647 from $107,540. 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 34 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $94,439, worked from $107,540, 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 34 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $69,480 at the tenth percentile, $139,360 at the ninetieth.
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 $94,439 in national terms.
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, $83,647 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,480 to $139,360) 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 $94,439 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 $83,647 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.