Sales Managers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,162
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$27,828
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,054
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
$119,990
Kept after tax
$92,162
Worth in national money
$104,054
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is among the lower-paying states for sales managers. The middle earner takes $119,990, ranking 40 of 50 states — about 19.07% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 460 occupations North Dakota reports, sales managers comes in at 21 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $119,990 the take-home is $92,162; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $104,054 would nationally. The average comes to $128,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- North Dakota ranks 40 of 50 for sales managers, with a median of $119,990 — about 19.07% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Sales managers ranks 21 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 sales managers in North Dakota, on $119,990, is $92,162 — equivalent to $104,054 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 $128,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $197,290 |
| This salary | $119,990 |
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 | $92,162 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,243 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,100 |
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 | $118,454 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$11,463 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $119,990 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,610 and the ninetieth is $197,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $92,162, from $119,990, 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 21 of 460 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $104,054, the adjusted value of that $119,990 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 21 of 460 locally.
- The North Dakota median of $119,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,610 to $197,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $92,162 from $119,990. 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 21 of 460 locally.
- This $104,054 adjusted figure, worked from $119,990, 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 21 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 21 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 $128,800, 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 $79,610 at the bottom tenth to $197,290 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $104,054 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 $92,162.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $128,800. 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 ($79,610) and the ninetieth ($197,290) 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 $104,054 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 $92,162 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.