Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in North Dakota

664 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in North Dakota for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$53,460	230	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$53,460	230	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$53,000	110	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$52,460	1,290	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$52,440	210	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$52,420	—	View salary detail
Midwives	$52,240	80	View salary detail
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$52,240	80	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$52,220	30	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$52,040	790	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$52,040	790	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$51,810	410	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$51,700	300	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$51,630	90	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$51,390	290	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$51,290	980	View salary detail
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	$51,240	90	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,020	560	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$50,890	40	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$50,860	80	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$50,860	80	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$50,820	1,800	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$50,790	1,530	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$50,540	190	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$50,490	280	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$50,430	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$50,390	360	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$50,390	60	View salary detail
Motorcycle Mechanics	$50,170	110	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$50,160	8,440	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$50,120	50	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$50,110	100	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$50,110	260	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$49,960	90	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	$49,900	220	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$49,840	3,300	View salary detail
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	$49,830	100	View salary detail
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers	$49,820	40	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$49,810	340	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$49,710	4,290	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$49,480	500	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$49,480	500	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$49,480	500	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$49,480	500	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$49,350	2,640	View salary detail
Fence Erectors	$49,310	190	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,280	310	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$49,260	930	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,190	490	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,070	5,050	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.