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Operations research analysts

North Dakota · Minnesota · Montana

January to March 2026

What the data shows

In January to March 2026, employment in the industries that employ operations research analysts was down 0.7% in North Dakota, down 1.4% in Minnesota and little changed in Montana, compared with a 0.4% decline nationwide. The gap between Montana and Minnesota is 1.4 percentage points.

Industry conditions for the industries that employ operations research analysts, not occupation job counts, current openings or occupation pay.

Published industry conditions for operations research analysts by state. Changes are year over year; differences are percentage points.
Industry measureNDNorth DakotaMNMinnesotaMTMontana
Industry employmentYear-over-year change-0.7%-1.4%0.0%
National benchmarkSame industry mix-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%
Difference vs. U.S.Percentage points-0.3 pp-1.0 pp+0.4 pp
Business locationsYear-over-year change+2.2%+1.4%+4.5%
Weekly industry wageYear-over-year change · not occupation pay+3.6%+4.4%+3.6%
Source periodJanuary to March 2026January to March 2026January to March 2026
Source details & how to read this

North Dakota

Source period
January to March 2026
Published industry coverage
95.03%
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

Minnesota

Source period
January to March 2026
Published industry coverage
100%
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

Montana

Source period
January to March 2026
Published industry coverage
100%
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. Each state figure weights published industry conditions by the industry mix for the occupation, so it describes the industries that employ it. The wage figure is the average weekly wage across those industries, not pay for this occupation.

Differences are shown in percentage points against the national change for the same quarter. A comparison sentence appears only when every state passes the same identity, source-verification, coverage, quarter and industry-mix vintage checks.

There is no state-level Job Market Health score. The 0 to 100 score is national only. Occupation-level scores stay on the national report.

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