Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,458
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$11,332
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,742
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
$67,790
Kept after tax
$56,458
Worth in national money
$63,742
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. North Dakota pays this job a middle wage of $67,790, 44 of 51 states and about 15.38% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 165 among 460 occupations North Dakota publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $67,790 you keep $56,458 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $63,742 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $72,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Dakota's $67,790 median for radiologic technologists and technicians places it 44 of 51 states, about 15.38% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 165 of 460 in North Dakota places radiologic technologists and technicians 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 $56,458 after the full tax stack, from $67,790. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $63,742 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $72,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,870 |
| This salary | $67,790 |
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 | $56,458 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,520 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,579 |
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 | $67,701 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,706 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $67,790 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,600 and the ninetieth is $93,870 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $56,458, from $67,790, 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 165 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $63,742, the adjusted value of that $67,790 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 165 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $67,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,600 to $93,870. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,458 from $67,790. 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 165 of 460 locally.
- This $63,742 adjusted figure, worked from $67,790, 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 165 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 165 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 $72,690, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $60,600 at the bottom tenth to $93,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Dakota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $63,742 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $56,458.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $72,690. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,600 to $93,870) 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 $63,742 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 $56,458 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.