Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,600
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$14,170
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,677
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
$76,770
Kept after tax
$62,600
Worth in national money
$70,677
State rank
32
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Dakota is 32 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $76,770. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 123 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $76,770 you keep $62,600 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,677 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $83,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota ranks 32 of 48 for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary at $76,770. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 123 of 460 in North Dakota places mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 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.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $62,600 after the full tax stack, from $76,770. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,677 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $83,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,810 |
| This salary | $76,770 |
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 | $62,600 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,838 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,012 |
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 | $76,432 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,305 |
| 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 mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota earn under $76,770 and half over. The published range runs $54,300 at the tenth percentile to $119,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $62,600, from $76,770, 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 123 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 $70,677 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 123.
- Figures are distribution medians for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,300 to $119,810; 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 $62,600 from $76,770. 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 123 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,677, worked from $76,770, 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 123 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 $83,500, 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 $54,300 and the top tenth $119,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $70,677.
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 $62,600 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $83,500. 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 ($54,300) and the ninetieth ($119,810) 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 $70,677 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 $62,600 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.