Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in North Dakota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,536
after federal, FICA and North Dakota tax
Tax takes
$3,304
11.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,702
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
$27,840
Kept after tax
$24,536
Worth in national money
$27,702
State rank
37
of 50 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 $27,840. That is 37 of 50 states, and about 15.41% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 460 occupations North Dakota publishes, this job lands at 460. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where North Dakota does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $27,840 you keep $24,536, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $27,702 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $27,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, North Dakota sits in the lower band at $27,840, ranking 37 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 15.41%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within North Dakota, this work ranks 460 of 460 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and North Dakota income tax, retained pay for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers on $27,840 is $24,536. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $27,702 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 $27,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $27,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,190 |
| This salary | $27,840 |
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 | $24,536 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,536 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,452 |
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 | $27,840 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,950 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 89 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $27,840 as a midpoint for North Dakota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $20,290 and the ninetieth is $37,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $24,536 take-home in North Dakota comes from $27,840. 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 460 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 $27,702, the adjusted value of that $27,840 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 460 of 460 in the state.
- The North Dakota median of $27,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $20,290 to $37,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $24,536, from $27,840, 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 460 of 460 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Dakota, so $27,702 — the adjusted value of that $27,840 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 460 of 460 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $20,290 and the top tenth $37,190, so most people doing this work in North Dakota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $27,702 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, $24,536 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($20,290 to $37,190) 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 $27,702 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 $24,536 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.