Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,900
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$9,490
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,338
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
$59,390
Kept after tax
$49,900
Worth in national money
$56,338
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $59,390, putting the state 6 of 50 — about 15.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 246 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- North Dakota is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,390 the take-home is $49,900; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,338 would nationally. The average comes to $59,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,390, ranking 6 of 50 and running about 15.07% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 246 of 460 occupations in North Dakota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in North Dakota, on $59,390, is $49,900 — equivalent to $56,338 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 $59,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,830 |
| This salary | $59,390 |
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 | $49,900 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,900 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,988 |
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 | $59,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,032 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Dakota earn less than $59,390. The published range is $41,960 up to $75,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Dakota's $49,900, worked from $59,390. 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 246 of 460.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,338, the adjusted value of that $59,390 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 246 of 460 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in North Dakota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,960 to $75,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The North Dakota take-home of $49,900, on $59,390 for work ranking 246 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 246 of 460 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $56,338 — the adjusted value of that $59,390 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 246 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $41,960 at the tenth percentile, $75,830 at the ninetieth.
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 $56,338.
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 $49,900.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,960 to $75,830) 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 $56,338 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 $49,900 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.