SALARY · MECHANICAL ENGINEERS · NORTH DAKOTA

Mechanical Engineers salary in North Dakota

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In North Dakota, the middle mechanical engineers earned $86,330 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$86,330

$42 per hour at the median · That is $17,780 (17.1 percent) below the national median of $104,110 for this occupation.

$96,400Mean annual salary
$46Mean hourly wage
$790People employed in this job in North Dakota

Salary range

25th: $77,990Median: $86,33075th: $114,830
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$77,990
Median (50th percentile)$86,330
75th percentile$114,830
Mean$96,400

The middle half of workers earned from $77,990 to $114,830 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$69,160 a year
$5,763 a month
Federal tax $10,163 · FICA $6,604 · State tax $403

Caveat: the 2026 Form ND-1ES bracket text was retrieved via a TaxFormFinder reproduction, not a direct tax.nd.gov PDF.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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