Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,495
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$12,735
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,171
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
$72,230
Kept after tax
$59,495
Worth in national money
$67,171
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. North Dakota's middle earner gets $72,230, putting the state 15 of 50 — about 15.81% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 460 occupations North Dakota reports figures for, this is number 154.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $72,230 you keep $59,495, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,171 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,740, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents, North Dakota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $72,230, ranking 15 of 50 and running about 15.81% 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.
- In North Dakota's occupational distribution, tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents sits at 154 of 460 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents on $72,230 is $59,495. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,171 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 $78,740 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,890 |
| This salary | $72,230 |
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 | $59,495 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,644 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,793 |
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 | $72,018 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,002 |
| 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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in North Dakota earn under $72,230 and half over. The published range runs $45,780 at the tenth percentile to $108,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,495 take-home in North Dakota comes from $72,230. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 154 of 460.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,171 uses one figure for the whole of North Dakota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 460 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 154.
- Figures are distribution medians for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,780 to $108,890; 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.
- Retained pay of $59,495, from $72,230, assumes a single North Dakota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 154 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,171, worked from $72,230, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular North Dakota address, on work sitting at 154 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 $78,740 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $45,780 at the bottom tenth to $108,890 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $67,171.
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 $59,495.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $78,740. 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 ($45,780) and the ninetieth ($108,890) 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 $67,171 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 $59,495 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.