State labor market
North Dakota labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for North Dakota. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
North Dakota hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in North Dakota.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where North Dakota workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
11,870estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
11,150estimated employmentLaborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
9,990estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the North Dakota figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$80,730/yr North Dakota median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$105,600/yr North Dakota median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$65,710/yr North Dakota median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$75,730/yr North Dakota median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$60,030/yr North Dakota median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$125,580/yr North Dakota median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How North Dakota occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated North Dakota workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Roustabouts, oil and gas$60,480/yr state median · 2,460 workers+28.8%vs. U.S. $46,960/yr
- Parts salespersons$48,600/yr state median · 1,610 workers+25.8%vs. U.S. $38,630/yr
- Highway maintenance workers$60,630/yr state median · 1,240 workers+20.6%vs. U.S. $50,260/yr
- Office and administrative support workers, all other$54,200/yr state median · 1,510 workers+18.7%vs. U.S. $45,670/yr
- Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines$76,030/yr state median · 1,720 workers+16.1%vs. U.S. $65,510/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Lawyers$106,880/yr state median · 1,050 workers-33.1%vs. U.S. $159,670/yr
- Software developers$105,600/yr state median · 1,450 workers-22.3%vs. U.S. $135,980/yr
- Market research analysts and marketing specialists$61,580/yr state median · 1,550 workers-21.8%vs. U.S. $78,760/yr
- Coaches and scouts$37,100/yr state median · 1,180 workers-21.6%vs. U.S. $47,320/yr
- Financial managers$135,890/yr state median · 2,140 workers-18.4%vs. U.S. $166,570/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in North Dakota
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for North Dakota. Links marked “North Dakota report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no North Dakota report is available.
529 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.