Overtime Pay Calculator — North Dakota (2026)
Overtime in North Dakota starts with the federal FLSA floor: 1.5× your regular rate for every hour beyond 40 in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime or double-time rules on top. This calculator shows gross overtime pay and what survives federal, FICA and North Dakota taxation in 2026. North Dakota uses a progressive income tax with 3 brackets running from 0.00% up to 2.50%, applied after a state standard deduction of $16,100.
North Dakota Overtime Pay Calculator
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Hours beyond 40 in the workweek.
Overtime rules that apply in North Dakota
North Dakota follows the federal weekly standard: overtime is owed after 40 hours in a workweek, with no general daily overtime requirement.
The "regular rate" is not just your base hourly wage — non-discretionary bonuses, shift differentials and commissions must be folded in before multiplying by 1.5, which raises the true overtime rate for many oil workers around Fargo.
Is overtime taxed more in North Dakota?
No — overtime is ordinary wages. It can feel over-taxed because per-period withholding tables annualize a big check as if every week looked like that, temporarily withholding at a higher rate that you recover at filing.
The North Dakota layer applies to overtime exactly as to base pay, at rates up to 2.50%.
Exempt vs non-exempt in North Dakota
Salaried does not mean exempt. To be exempt from overtime a worker must clear both a salary threshold and a duties test; misclassification is one of the most common wage claims filed in North Dakota.
Cost of living in North Dakota sits 5% below the national average (index 95), median household income is $73,959, and a one-bedroom apartment in Fargo rents for roughly $950 a month.
Local and payroll taxes North Dakota adds on top
North Dakota adds no state-mandated employee payroll deduction beyond FICA, so nothing extra is taken from your gross pay at the state level.
North Dakota has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular North Dakota hours; the extra pay is taxed at your marginal rates, not at a special penalty rate, even though the deduction line looks bigger.
Working across a state line from North Dakota
North Dakota holds income-tax reciprocity agreements with Minnesota and Montana. If you commute between them, your wages are taxed only by your state of residence — file the exemption certificate with your employer so the wrong state is not withheld from every paycheck.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Fargo resident spending part of the year at a client site in South Dakota may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your North Dakota tax bill
North Dakota charges a 5% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 0.98% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $7.25 an hour.
Combined rates average about 7.0% with local taxes.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. North Dakota recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. North Dakota exempts Social Security and taxes remaining retirement income at very low bracket rates.
North Dakota vs South Dakota on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $61,316 a year in North Dakota against roughly $61,593 in South Dakota — a difference of $276, or $23 a month.
Effective combined rates are 18.2% in North Dakota and 17.9% in South Dakota. Set that gap against living costs: index 95 here versus 93 there, with property tax at 0.98% and 1.17% respectively.
North Dakota income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $44,725 | 0.00% |
| $44,725 – $225,975 | 1.95% |
| $225,975 and up | 2.50% |