Transportation Security Screeners in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,332
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$8,618
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,310
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
$54,950
Kept after tax
$46,332
Worth in national money
$52,310
State rank
43
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in North Dakota. The middle earner gets $54,950. That is 43 of 45 states, and about 17.7% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in North Dakota, this sits in the middle: 279 of 460 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $54,950 you keep $46,332 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,310 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $58,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- For transportation security screeners, North Dakota sits in the lower band at $54,950, ranking 43 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 17.7%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Transportation security screeners ranks 279 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.
- Retained pay in North Dakota is $46,332 after the full tax stack, from $54,950. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,310 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $58,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,240 |
| This salary | $54,950 |
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 | $46,332 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,332 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,631 |
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 | $54,950 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,601 |
| 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 transportation security screeners in North Dakota earn under $54,950 and half over. The published range runs $47,920 at the tenth percentile to $69,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In North Dakota the take-home figure of $46,332, from $54,950, 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 279 of 460 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,310 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 279.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation security screeners in North Dakota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,920 to $69,240; 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.
- Take-home for North Dakota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,332 from $54,950. 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 279 of 460 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,310, worked from $54,950, 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 279 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 $58,250 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,920 at the bottom tenth to $69,240 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 $52,310 in national terms.
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, $46,332 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $58,250. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,920 to $69,240) 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 $52,310 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 $46,332 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.