Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,512
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$20,598
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,384
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
$97,110
Kept after tax
$76,512
Worth in national money
$86,384
State rank
7
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 $97,110, ranking 7 of 50 states and sitting about 20.87% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 460 occupations North Dakota reports, this job comes in at 59 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $97,110 the take-home is $76,512; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $86,384 would nationally. The average comes to $102,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota's median for psychology teachers, postsecondary is $97,110, about 20.87% above the national figure and 7 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.
- Psychology teachers, postsecondary ranks 59 of 460 occupations by median in North Dakota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for psychology teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota, on $97,110, is $76,512 — equivalent to $86,384 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 $102,870 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,730 |
| This salary | $97,110 |
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 | $76,512 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,147 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,995 |
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 | $96,208 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,662 |
| 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 psychology teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota earn under $97,110 and half over. The published range runs $63,230 at the tenth percentile to $148,730 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 $76,512, worked from $97,110. 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 59 of 460.
- Two cautions on $86,384, the adjusted value of that $97,110 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 59 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychology teachers, postsecondary in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,230 to $148,730; 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 $76,512, on $97,110 for work ranking 59 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 59 of 460 in the state.
- This $86,384 adjusted figure, worked from $97,110, 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 59 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 59 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 $102,870, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,230 at the bottom tenth to $148,730 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $86,384.
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 $76,512 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $102,870. 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 ($63,230) and the ninetieth ($148,730) 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 $86,384 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 $76,512 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.