Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,145
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,105
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,325
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
$47,250
Kept after tax
$40,145
Worth in national money
$45,325
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $47,250, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 5.82% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 460 occupations North Dakota publishes, this job lands at 346. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,250 you keep $40,145 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,325 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- For miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $47,250, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 5.82% 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 346 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.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $40,145 after the full tax stack, from $47,250. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,325 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,630 |
| This salary | $47,250 |
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 | $40,145 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,145 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,013 |
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 | $47,250 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,853 |
| 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 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in North Dakota earn under $47,250 and half over. The published range runs $38,300 at the tenth percentile to $68,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $40,145, from $47,250, 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 346 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,325, the adjusted value of that $47,250 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 346 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,300 to $68,630; 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 $40,145 from $47,250. 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 346 of 460 locally.
- This $45,325 adjusted figure, worked from $47,250, 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 346 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 346 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 $50,220, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $38,300 at the bottom tenth to $68,630 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 $45,325.
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, $40,145 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.
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 $50,220. 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 ($38,300 to $68,630) 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 $45,325 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 $40,145 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.