Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,343
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$4,707
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,258
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
$35,050
Kept after tax
$30,343
Worth in national money
$34,258
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Dakota pays maids and housekeeping cleaners around $35,050 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 460 occupations North Dakota publishes, maids and housekeeping cleaners lands at 436. 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 $35,050 the take-home is $30,343; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,258 would nationally. The average comes to $35,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For maids and housekeeping cleaners the North Dakota median is $35,050, ranking 24 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within North Dakota, this work ranks 436 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 maids and housekeeping cleaners in North Dakota, on $35,050, is $30,343 — equivalent to $34,258 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 $35,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,650 |
| This salary | $35,050 |
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 | $30,343 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,343 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,033 |
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 | $35,050 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,668 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Dakota earn less than $35,050. The published range is $29,520 up to $44,650, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $30,343, worked from $35,050. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 436 of 460.
- Two cautions on $34,258, the adjusted value of that $35,050 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 436 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for maids and housekeeping cleaners in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,520 to $44,650. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The North Dakota take-home of $30,343, on $35,050 for work ranking 436 of 460 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 436 of 460 in the state.
- This $34,258 adjusted figure, worked from $35,050, 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 436 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 436 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,520 at the bottom tenth to $44,650 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,258 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, $30,343 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,520 to $44,650) 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 $34,258 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 $30,343 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.