Self-Enrichment Teachers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,383
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$4,717
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,303
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
$35,100
Kept after tax
$30,383
Worth in national money
$34,303
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is among the lower-paying states for self-enrichment teachers. The middle earner takes $35,100, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 25% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in North Dakota, this one sits low: 435 of 460 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,100 you keep $30,383, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $34,303 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,190, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota ranks 49 of 51 for self-enrichment teachers, with a median of $35,100 — about 25% 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.
- Self-enrichment teachers occupies position 435 of 460 in North Dakota's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for self-enrichment teachers on $35,100 is $30,383. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $34,303 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $40,190 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Self-Enrichment Teachers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,080 |
| This salary | $35,100 |
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 | $30,383 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,383 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,037 |
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 | $35,100 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,673 |
| 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 self-enrichment teachers in North Dakota earn under $35,100 and half over. The published range runs $28,010 at the tenth percentile to $62,080 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 $30,383, worked from $35,100. 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 435 of 460.
- Two cautions on $34,303, the adjusted value of that $35,100 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 435 of 460 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for self-enrichment teachers in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,010 to $62,080; 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 $30,383, on $35,100 for work ranking 435 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 435 of 460 in the state.
- This $34,303 adjusted figure, worked from $35,100, 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 435 of 460 in the state. The occupation ranks 435 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 $40,190 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $28,010 and the top tenth $62,080 — 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 $34,303.
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, $30,383 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $40,190. 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 ($28,010) and the ninetieth ($62,080) 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 $34,303 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 $30,383 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.