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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$84,570	240	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$84,570	240	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$84,570	240	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$84,570	240	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$84,340	240	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$84,070	100	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$83,920	200	View salary detail
Occupational Therapists	$83,200	570	View salary detail
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists	$83,200	570	View salary detail
Art Directors	$83,170	30	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$82,890	180	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$82,880	130	View salary detail
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians	$82,820	90	View salary detail
Robotics Technicians	$82,820	90	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$82,640	220	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$82,460	130	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$82,290	420	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$82,290	420	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$82,290	420	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$82,120	270	View salary detail
Data Scientists	$81,900	210	View salary detail
Business Intelligence Analysts	$81,900	210	View salary detail
Clinical Data Managers	$81,900	210	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$81,400	70	View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,400	90	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$81,370	4,350	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$81,370	4,350	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$81,330	110	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$81,330	100	View salary detail
Respiratory Therapists	$81,230	270	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$81,170	60	View salary detail
Photonics Technicians	$80,990	100	View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists	$80,990	100	View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$80,990	100	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$80,930	120	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$80,730	11,340	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$80,730	11,340	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$80,730	11,340	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$80,730	11,340	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$80,730	11,340	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,710	150	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$80,610	70	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$80,500	1,810	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$80,500	1,810	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$80,500	1,810	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$80,500	1,810	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$80,500	1,810	View salary detail
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$80,320	40	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$79,940	150	View salary detail
Wellhead Pumpers	$79,820	1,540	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.