Purchasing Managers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,918
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$31,192
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$111,681
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
$130,110
Kept after tax
$98,918
Worth in national money
$111,681
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is on the low side in North Dakota. The middle earner gets $130,110. That is 35 of 50 states, and about 12.14% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 460 occupations North Dakota reports, purchasing managers comes in at 15 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $130,110 you keep $98,918 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $111,681 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $138,010, since top earners drag the number up.
- For purchasing managers, North Dakota sits in the lower band at $130,110, ranking 35 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 12.14%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Purchasing managers ranks 15 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.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $98,918 after the full tax stack, from $130,110. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $111,681 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $138,010 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $191,620 |
| This salary | $130,110 |
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 | $98,918 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,196 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,572 |
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 | $128,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$12,187 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,110 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $85,770 and the ninetieth is $191,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $98,918 take-home in North Dakota comes from $130,110. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 15 of 460.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $111,681 uses one figure for the whole of North Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 460 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 15.
- The North Dakota median of $130,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $85,770 to $191,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $98,918, from $130,110, assumes a single North Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 15 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $111,681, worked from $130,110, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Dakota address, on work sitting at 15 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $138,010 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $85,770 at the bottom tenth to $191,620 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $111,681 in national terms.
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, $98,918 remains.
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 $138,010. 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 ($85,770) and the ninetieth ($191,620) 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 $111,681 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 $98,918 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.