Painters, Construction and Maintenance in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,268
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,602
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,238
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
$54,870
Kept after tax
$46,268
Worth in national money
$52,238
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for painters, construction and maintenance. The middle earner takes $54,870, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.07% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 280 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $54,870 you keep $46,268, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,238 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,960, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for painters, construction and maintenance, at $54,870 — about 11.07% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 280 of 460 in North Dakota places painters, construction and maintenance 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for painters, construction and maintenance on $54,870 is $46,268. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,238 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $55,960 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,290 |
| This salary | $54,870 |
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 | $46,268 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,268 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,625 |
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 | $54,870 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,593 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,870 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,840 and the ninetieth is $78,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $46,268, worked from $54,870. 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 280 of 460.
- Two cautions on $52,238, the adjusted value of that $54,870 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 280 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $54,870 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,840 to $78,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The North Dakota take-home of $46,268, on $54,870 for work ranking 280 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 280 of 460 in the state.
- This $52,238 adjusted figure, worked from $54,870, 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 280 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 280 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,840 and the top tenth $78,290 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $52,238 in national terms.
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 $46,268 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,840) and the ninetieth ($78,290) 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 $52,238 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 $46,268 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.