Lodging Managers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,616
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$10,154
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,404
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
$62,770
Kept after tax
$52,616
Worth in national money
$59,404
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Dakota pays lodging managers a middle wage of $62,770, 36 of 51 states and about 9.36% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Lodging managers ranks 200 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,770 the take-home is $52,616; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $59,404 would nationally. The average lands at $59,820, below the middle of the range.
- North Dakota's $62,770 median for lodging managers places it 36 of 51 states, about 9.36% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 200 of 460 in North Dakota places lodging managers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for lodging managers in North Dakota, on $62,770, is $52,616 — equivalent to $59,404 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 $59,820 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $18,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,730 |
| This salary | $62,770 |
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 | $52,616 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,616 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,259 |
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 | $62,770 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,734 |
| 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 lodging managers in North Dakota earn under $62,770 and half over. The published range runs $18,710 at the tenth percentile to $93,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $52,616, from $62,770, 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 200 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 $59,404 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 200.
- Figures are distribution medians for lodging managers in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $18,710 to $93,730; 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 $52,616 from $62,770. 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 200 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,404, worked from $62,770, 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 200 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $59,820, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $18,710 and the top tenth $93,730 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $59,404 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, $52,616 remains.
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.
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 $59,820. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($18,710) and the ninetieth ($93,730) 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 $59,404 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 $52,616 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.