Pay stub requirements in North Dakota
Calculated
North Dakota keeps the stub rule in the administrative code rather than the century code. Rule 46-02-07-02 tells every employer to furnish an employee each pay period a check stub or pay voucher indicating hours worked, the rate of pay, required state and federal deductions and any authorized deductions, and the Department of Labor and Human Rights reprints that sentence on the poster every workplace has to display. Wages fall due at least once each calendar month on paydays designated in advance, the minimum wage sits at the federal $7.25, and paid time off, once made available for use, counts as wages when the job ends.
- Pay stub required
- Yes, a check stub or pay voucher every pay period
- Electronic delivery
- The rule names a stub or voucher without fixing a medium
- Minimum wage 2026
- $7.25/hour, matching the federal rate
- Pay frequency
- At least once each calendar month
01 — The law
What North Dakota law requires
A check stub or voucher, with four things on it
Every employer must furnish to an employee each pay period a check stub or pay voucher that indicates hours worked, the rate of pay, required state and federal deductions, and authorized deductions. The rule sits inside the recordkeeping paragraph of the labor standards chapter, alongside the conditions on rounding time clock entries to the nearest five minutes or quarter hour.
North Dakota Administrative Code 46-02-07 - Minimum Wage and Work Conditions →Monthly pay, and a stored value card only at your election
Every employer shall pay all wages due at least once each calendar month on regular agreed paydays designated in advance. Payment may be in lawful money, by check drawn on a bank or credit union convenient to the workplace, or by direct deposit at the financial institution of the choice of the employee. A stored value card is allowed only at the election of the employee, must be issued by a federally insured institution, and must be funded in advance.
North Dakota Century Code chapter 34-14 - Wage Collection →Four ways to lawfully deduct, and no others
Apart from amounts state or federal law requires to be withheld and amounts a court has ordered, an employer may only withhold advances other than undocumented cash, a recurring deduction authorized in writing, a nonrecurring deduction authorized in writing where the source is cited specifically, and a nonrecurring deduction for damage, breakage, shortage or negligence that the employee authorises at the time of the deduction.
North Dakota Century Code chapter 34-14 - Wage Collection →Paid time off becomes wages once it is available for use
Once paid time off is made available for an employee to use, any unused portion is considered wages on separation and must be paid at the regular rate earned before separation. No contract or policy may provide for forfeiture of earned paid time off, though a use it or lose it deadline is permitted if the employee had notice and a reasonable opportunity to take the time.
North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights - Minimum Wage and Work Conditions poster →Termination pay travels by certified mail
When an employee is discharged, quits or is suspended because of an industrial dispute, unpaid wages become due at the regular paydays established in advance for the periods worked. Where the employer does the discharging, it must pay those wages by certified mail to an address the employee designates, or as otherwise agreed by both parties, and default lets the employee keep drawing the contract wage for up to thirty days.
North Dakota Century Code chapter 34-14 - Wage Collection →Seven twenty five, with no state training wage
The minimum wage poster the Department of Labor and Human Rights publishes puts the rate at $7.25 per hour and states plainly that North Dakota does not have a training wage. Overtime is computed weekly at one and a half times the regular rate over forty hours, regardless of how long the pay period is, and compensatory time is not legal for non-exempt private employees.
North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights - Minimum Wage and Work Conditions poster →
02 — Local rates
Local rates above the North Dakota minimum
No city or county rate above the North Dakota minimum is listed here. Where one exists it is set by a local ordinance, so an employer in a city with its own should check that ordinance before relying on the state figure.
03 — What we calculate
What this generator calculates for North Dakota
| Withholding line | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Federal income tax | irs.gov | Calculated |
| Social Security | ssa.gov | Calculated |
| Medicare | ssa.gov | Calculated |
| ND state income tax | tax.nd.gov | Calculated |
State withholding for North Dakota is calculated from the 2026 figures the state publishes, and our test suite holds those figures against the state's own published calculation rather than against arithmetic of ours.
See the North Dakota withholding tables and work out take-home pay →04 — Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Does North Dakota require a pay stub?
- Yes, though the duty lives in the administrative code rather than the century code. Every pay period your employer must furnish a check stub or pay voucher indicating the hours you worked, your rate of pay, the required state and federal deductions and any authorized deductions. The department reprints the same requirement on the poster your workplace has to display.
- What is the North Dakota minimum wage in 2026?
- Seven dollars twenty five cents an hour, matching the federal rate, and the state poster notes that North Dakota has no training wage of its own. Overtime is owed at one and a half times the regular rate for hours over forty in a work week, computed weekly no matter how long your pay period runs.
- How often must North Dakota wages be paid?
- At least once each calendar month, on regular agreed paydays designated in advance by the employer. You may be paid in cash, by check drawn on a bank or credit union convenient to your workplace, or by direct deposit at the financial institution of your choosing. A stored value card is possible only if you elect it and your employer offers it.
- Can my North Dakota employer deduct for breakage?
- Only as a nonrecurring deduction that you authorise at the time it is taken. The wage collection chapter allows just four categories outside legally required withholding and court orders: advances other than undocumented cash, a recurring deduction authorised in writing, a nonrecurring one authorised in writing with the source cited specifically, and this one.
- Do I get paid for unused vacation when I leave a North Dakota job?
- Once paid time off has been made available for you to use, the unused part counts as wages on separation and is paid at your regular rate. A policy cannot make earned time forfeit. The century code carves out two exceptions, including one where you quit inside your first year having given fewer than five days notice and were told of the limitation in writing at hiring.
Sources
- North Dakota Administrative Code 46-02-07 - Minimum Wage and Work Conditions
- North Dakota Century Code chapter 34-14 - Wage Collection
- North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights - Minimum Wage and Work Conditions poster
Wage and hour law changes. Check the linked source before relying on any figure here, and treat this page as a starting point rather than legal advice.