Millwrights in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,993
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,757
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,572
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
$60,750
Kept after tax
$50,993
Worth in national money
$57,572
State rank
39
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is among the lower-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $60,750, ranking 39 of 48 states — about 7.53% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Millwrights ranks 224 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,750 the take-home is $50,993; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,572 would nationally. The average comes to $64,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 39 of 48 for millwrights, with a median of $60,750 — about 7.53% 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.
- Position 224 of 460 in North Dakota places millwrights 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 millwrights in North Dakota, on $60,750, is $50,993 — equivalent to $57,572 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 $64,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,590 |
| This salary | $60,750 |
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 | $50,993 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,993 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,097 |
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 | $60,750 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,223 |
| 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 $60,750. The published range is $50,810 up to $82,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,993 take-home in North Dakota comes from $60,750. 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 224 of 460.
- Two cautions on $57,572, the adjusted value of that $60,750 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 224 of 460 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,810 to $82,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,993, from $60,750, 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 224 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 48 for it.
- This $57,572 adjusted figure, worked from $60,750, 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 224 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 224 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 $64,840, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,810 and the top tenth $82,590, so most people doing this work in North Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Dakota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $57,572 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $50,993 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $64,840. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,810 to $82,590) 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 $57,572 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 $50,993 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.