Interior Designers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,739
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,451
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,157
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
$59,190
Kept after tax
$49,739
Worth in national money
$56,157
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is among the lower-paying states for interior designers. The middle earner takes $59,190, ranking 45 of 49 states — about 11.91% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 248 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,190 you keep $49,739, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $56,157 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $60,190, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota ranks 45 of 49 for interior designers, with a median of $59,190 — about 11.91% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Interior designers ranks 248 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for interior designers on $59,190 is $49,739. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $56,157 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 $60,190 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Interior Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,960 |
| This salary | $59,190 |
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 | $49,739 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,739 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,972 |
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 | $59,190 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,013 |
| 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 interior designers in North Dakota earn under $59,190 and half over. The published range runs $39,100 at the tenth percentile to $84,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $49,739 take-home in North Dakota comes from $59,190. 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 248 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,157, the adjusted value of that $59,190 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 248 of 460 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for interior designers in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,100 to $84,960; 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.
- Retained pay of $49,739, from $59,190, 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 248 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $56,157 — the adjusted value of that $59,190 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 248 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $39,100, the highest tenth $84,960, 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 $56,157 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Dakota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $49,739 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,100) and the ninetieth ($84,960) 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 $56,157 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 $49,739 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.