Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,258
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$7,132
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,452
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
$47,390
Kept after tax
$40,258
Worth in national money
$45,452
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $47,390, ranking 5 of 50 states and sitting about 9.65% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 345 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,390 you keep $40,258 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,452 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota's median for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders is $47,390, about 9.65% above the national figure and 5 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 345 of 460 in North Dakota places packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 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 $40,258 after the full tax stack, from $47,390. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,452 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,620 |
| This salary | $47,390 |
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 | $40,258 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,258 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,024 |
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 | $47,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,867 |
| 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 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in North Dakota earn under $47,390 and half over. The published range runs $38,710 at the tenth percentile to $58,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $40,258, from $47,390, 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 345 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,452, the adjusted value of that $47,390 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 345 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,710 to $58,620; 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 $40,258 from $47,390. 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 345 of 460 locally.
- This $45,452 adjusted figure, worked from $47,390, 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 345 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 345 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,710 at the tenth percentile, $58,620 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,452 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Dakota then takes its own share, leaving $40,258.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,710 to $58,620) 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 $45,452 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 $40,258 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.