Social and Community Service Managers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,344
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$17,286
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,291
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
$86,630
Kept after tax
$69,344
Worth in national money
$78,291
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Dakota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $86,630, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 7.76% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 460 occupations North Dakota reports, this job comes in at 75 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $86,630 you keep $69,344, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,291 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $87,990, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Dakota ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for social and community service managers, at $86,630 — about 7.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Social and community service managers ranks 75 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for social and community service managers on $86,630 is $69,344. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,291 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 $87,990 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $86,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,030 |
| This salary | $86,630 |
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 | $69,344 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,774 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,489 |
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 | $86,019 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,963 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $86,630 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,380 and the ninetieth is $116,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $69,344, from $86,630, 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 75 of 460 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Dakota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,291, the adjusted value of that $86,630 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 75 of 460 in the state.
- The North Dakota median of $86,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,380 to $116,030. 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 $69,344 from $86,630. 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 75 of 460 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $78,291 — the adjusted value of that $86,630 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 75 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $62,380 at the bottom tenth to $116,030 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $78,291 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Dakota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $69,344 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,380 to $116,030) 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 $78,291 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 $69,344 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.