Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,287
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$5,183
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,453
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
$37,470
Kept after tax
$32,287
Worth in national money
$36,453
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for laundry and dry-cleaning workers is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $37,470, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 7.39% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 460 occupations North Dakota publishes, laundry and dry-cleaning workers lands at 417. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $37,470 the take-home is $32,287; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,453 would nationally. The average comes to $37,940, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For laundry and dry-cleaning workers, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $37,470, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 7.39% 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.
- Within North Dakota, this work ranks 417 of 460 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in North Dakota, on $37,470, is $32,287 — equivalent to $36,453 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 $37,940 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,630 |
| This salary | $37,470 |
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 | $32,287 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,287 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,227 |
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 | $37,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,903 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,470 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,040 and the ninetieth is $45,630 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,287 take-home in North Dakota comes from $37,470. 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 417 of 460.
- Two cautions on $36,453, the adjusted value of that $37,470 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 417 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $37,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,040 to $45,630. 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 $32,287, from $37,470, 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 417 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- This $36,453 adjusted figure, worked from $37,470, 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 417 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 417 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,040 at the bottom tenth to $45,630 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,453.
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 $32,287 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,040 to $45,630) 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 $36,453 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 $32,287 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.