Physicians, All Other in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$303,333
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$151,217
33.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$342,470
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
$454,550
Kept after tax
$303,333
Worth in national money
$342,470
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physicians, all other is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $454,550, putting the state 1 of 50 — about 70.93% ahead of the national figure.
- Within North Dakota this is well-paid work. Of 460 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $454,550 you keep $303,333 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $342,470 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $406,630.
- For physicians, all other, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $454,550, ranking 1 of 50 and running about 70.93% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation North Dakota publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 of 460 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $303,333 after the full tax stack, from $454,550. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $342,470 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $406,630 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $136,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $454,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $564,890 |
| This salary | $454,550 |
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 | $303,333 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $312,002 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$21,398 |
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 | $440,712 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$33,190 |
| 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 physicians, all other in North Dakota earn under $454,550 and half over. The published range runs $136,980 at the tenth percentile to $564,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $303,333, worked from $454,550. 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 1 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $342,470, the adjusted value of that $454,550 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 1 of 460 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physicians, all other in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $136,980 to $564,890; 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.
- The North Dakota take-home of $303,333, on $454,550 for work ranking 1 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 1 of 460 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $342,470 — the adjusted value of that $454,550 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 1 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 $406,630, 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 $136,980 and the top tenth $564,890 — 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 $342,470.
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, $303,333 remains.
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 50 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 $406,630. 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 ($136,980) and the ninetieth ($564,890) 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 $342,470 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 $303,333 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.