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Bismarck, ND

300 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 13900.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Radiologists$553,140
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$454,550
General Internal Medicine Physicians$351,580
Family Medicine Physicians$286,840
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$176,820
Human Resources Managers$156,110
Computer and Information Systems Managers$151,020
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$147,720
Pharmacists$143,380
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$139,710
Commercial Pilots$137,510
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$133,470
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$133,370
Nurse Practitioners$130,140
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$129,650
Optometrists$121,100
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$119,390
Information Security Analysts$116,920
Public Relations Managers$114,110
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)$113,400

BLS didn't publish the median for 2 occupations here because it is very high: Emergency Medicine Physicians, Nurse Anesthetists. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 300 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011780$76,9101.17
Administrative Services Managers 11-301270$108,8700.57
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301150$78,1403.12
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301140$62,9801.01
Agricultural Inspectors 45-2011Not available$57,060
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301150$88,5700.78
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091370$28,1702.03
Animal Caretakers 39-2021170$34,2301.39
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101160$96,2101.16
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301160$67,7801.35
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904180$147,7200.84
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021130$57,2101.92
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023350$56,9601.09
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603190$37,3402.00
Bakers 51-3011110$36,9600.98
Bartenders 35-3011620$29,3501.80
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011100$47,7301.31
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021120$48,3600.63
Biological Technicians 19-402140$51,6301.16
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031690$49,3101.10
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051170$47,5900.92
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-305270$45,1300.91
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031230$63,9501.71
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199360$81,3300.72
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101130$78,8300.80
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302180$38,1501.25
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020110$78,2100.51
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-701140$47,0001.07
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194140$95,7402.66
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203290$74,9301.76
Carpenters 47-2031510$54,6701.67
Cashiers 41-20111,390$33,2600.98
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051190$57,5302.03
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$176,8200.67
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021180$69,4001.02
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011770$30,6503.24
Chiropractors 29-1011110$77,9905.96
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-3022120$65,9303.95
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051380$98,2702.28
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031160$60,7101.09
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061200$38,1701.15
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010290$63,1001.93
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022240$34,5302.10
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912440$59,2500.48
Commercial Pilots 53-201280$137,5103.56
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109940$69,1300.80
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041220$69,9401.15
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124150$113,4000.64
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123170$75,2601.01
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299180$86,8400.92
Computer Programmers 15-125160$83,1601.43
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121180$106,7000.34
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232300$64,3900.91
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021180$151,0200.59
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201150$57,6701.56
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103150$78,8504.11
Construction Laborers 47-2061620$49,7701.23
Construction Managers 11-9021180$101,2301.06
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401130$75,5300.46
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012310$38,3101.51
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014770$36,6101.19
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012300$51,1301.70
Cost Estimators 13-1051130$71,0201.22
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021250$45,2401.38
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031120$51,0901.48
Credit Analysts 13-204150$71,5201.56
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902140$49,1803.05
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051980$46,2400.82
Data Entry Keyers 43-902130$53,1400.57
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205150$76,9600.44
Dental Assistants 31-9091210$58,9601.17
Dental Hygienists 29-1292130$91,6001.31
Dentists, General 29-102160Not available1.13
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021110$64,6402.10
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203250$82,6101.14
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103170$75,8501.85
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011150$31,3100.60
Dishwashers 35-9021140$32,1800.64
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503290$48,5100.94
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031320$34,6701.68
Education Administrators, All Other 11-903940$86,8101.62
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032120$139,7100.81
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903380$96,5501.01
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903150$49,1101.48
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012130$61,9700.83
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 49-209250$61,8807.11
Electrical Engineers 17-207180$110,8100.84
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905190$104,8001.48
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209440$98,9501.37
Electricians 47-2111480$61,9001.38
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021640$61,0101.01
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061110$51,8101.60
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204280$53,9400.99
Emergency Medicine Physicians 29-121440Not published (very high)2.51
Environmental Engineers 17-208140$91,6002.34
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-404240$62,6402.71
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-2041120$87,3503.01
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011120$61,8900.56
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031140$39,7700.95
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$91,2800.68
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121550$286,8401.06
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209350Not available3.56
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,180$29,9401.23
Financial Examiners 13-206140$83,9401.27
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031420$133,3701.08
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209940$89,7400.61
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205180$71,5200.48
Firefighters 33-2011140$47,4400.91
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011400$76,5301.08
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$50,4200.81
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102140$76,4500.78
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012500$45,1900.90
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-101330$39,3002.85
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011110$58,9401.33
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101240$63,0800.74
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011260$82,3300.92
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101240$79,9900.41
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011310$74,2700.47
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102270$48,6701.30
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101270$98,3000.98
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011210$72,2100.67
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011470$51,7300.91
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047200$60,4600.68
Floral Designers 27-102340$35,2901.97
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021170$37,2700.42
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041350$37,0102.56
Food Service Managers 11-9051240$75,2602.23
Forensic Science Technicians 19-409230$63,3603.45
Fundraisers 13-113160$76,2701.19
Gambling Dealers 39-3011130$26,8903.47
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-121650$351,5801.61
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,740$93,5401.08
Graphic Designers 27-102490$57,4300.94
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012260$34,6801.88
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209980$61,1000.93
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102270$61,3600.78
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909960$50,3401.10
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021200$64,7701.07
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,070$62,0001.13
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051130$59,4301.86
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,680$38,8500.85
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031170$28,3000.87
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081210$34,4701.78
Human Resources Managers 11-312160$156,1100.58
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071340$75,9800.80
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112Not available$86,940
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041170$62,6300.86
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305140$108,3000.32
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-705160$47,6600.16
Information Security Analysts 15-121290$116,9201.08
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419930Not available0.55
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-906190$63,9100.34
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099120$53,9701.47
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031120$75,3401.11
Insulation Workers, Mechanical 47-213260$58,4804.77
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041110$50,1801.08
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021220$64,5901.01
Insurance Underwriters 13-205350$66,9301.02
Interior Designers 27-102540$55,5401.22
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,200$37,6201.19
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012100$61,5901.95
Labor Relations Specialists 13-107550$98,8101.59
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,150$43,2600.85
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011320$46,3100.74
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011170$39,7601.92
Lawyers 23-1011290$109,0100.84
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601260$58,8700.89
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402270$73,1201.16
Library Technicians 25-403190$41,1602.87
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061310$61,6901.04
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409980$56,4202.30
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909290$29,0301.20
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033340$48,0900.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131130$58,4501.77
Loan Officers 13-2072220$83,3801.78
Lodging Managers 11-908130$64,5201.58
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081Not available$76,400
Machinists 51-404170$74,0900.55
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012450$35,5101.14
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071450$49,0600.65
Management Analysts 13-1111240$90,5900.59
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199490$119,3901.71
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161230$62,4000.57
Medical Assistants 31-9092140$48,9800.37
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909360$47,9101.63
Medical Equipment Repairers 49-906250$74,4701.82
Medical Records Specialists 29-207270$46,7200.83
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013190$46,7100.42
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111210$105,0400.78
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112140$55,5000.61
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102360$60,8500.94
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102690$43,5901.21
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-202290$60,6800.31
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090310$50,7500.48
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) 47-409030$58,0302.63
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042230$78,7402.88
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309950$34,2302.35
Motorcycle Mechanics 49-305240$57,1606.43
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912140$133,4700.80
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244200$95,3501.40
Nurse Anesthetists 29-115140Not published (very high)1.72
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171220$130,1401.51
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,430$46,7202.15
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501170$99,5201.09
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122130$83,0801.76
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,470$50,4001.30
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199310$60,2603.50
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073580$62,1502.64
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205750$46,6201.63
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208150$45,7701.42
Optometrists 29-104130$121,1001.64
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706470$39,7200.26
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214190$55,1700.87
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011160$60,1100.88
Parts Salespersons 41-2022250$48,0402.01
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$61,9000.76
Personal Financial Advisors 13-2052130$76,0301.10
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 51-8093140Not available9.32
Pharmacists 29-1051170$143,3801.14
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052160$49,4900.75
Phlebotomists 31-9097Not available$47,990
Physical Therapists 29-1123200$83,2801.65
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107180$129,6501.07
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229120$454,5500.77
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152220$70,3101.05
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051270$63,2300.88
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052130$63,6100.83
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 43-505380$59,1301.70
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-119930$59,8300.49
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011110$39,7200.51
Printing Press Operators 51-511250$49,0200.70
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-1092100$67,4602.54
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201240$58,7200.65
Production Workers, All Other 51-919980$49,6000.68
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506140$67,4300.25
Project Management Specialists 13-1082390$88,6500.79
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202040$66,1901.41
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914180$59,5300.55
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909980$54,6202.17
Psychiatric Technicians 29-205350$38,9900.70
Public Relations Managers 11-203240$114,1101.22
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031230$75,7701.74
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503150$54,4901.04
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034140$65,3301.30
Radiologists 29-122430$553,1402.68
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$74,720
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171440$38,7101.06
Recreation Workers 39-9032120$38,5600.80
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708160$60,6400.86
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,400$81,1201.55
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101560$66,7001.34
Residential Advisors 39-904160$46,4801.46
Respiratory Therapists 29-112650$84,5700.80
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,280$36,7301.28
Roofers 47-218150$50,3400.78
Sales Managers 11-202290$101,6600.30
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091200$59,9200.36
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012580$69,7601.02
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401180$103,9200.60
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909940$49,1000.99
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031650$61,2101.33
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,170$47,5801.49
Security Guards 33-9032380$36,1300.65
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302180$35,1000.51
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071220$46,9400.58
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053110$39,0201.01
Skincare Specialists 39-509440$58,5201.29
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151160$91,9701.69
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093280$46,2901.41
Software Developers 15-1252390$106,0200.51
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125330$83,9200.39
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101340$86,1105.03
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205240$58,8800.32
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058190$61,2102.55
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127130$76,7701.54
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-7065970$37,1400.75
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204140$55,2701.63
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018360$70,8101.59
Surgical Technologists 29-205580$61,6901.57
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303140$59,2601.40
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102260$79,6202.62
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309950$49,1900.94
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045850$44,1101.31
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$89,2601.02
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$47,8400.82
Tellers 43-3071300$43,8802.00
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093100$40,2902.08
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151120$65,6200.57
Transportation Security Screeners 33-909340$61,1101.87
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307140$101,3400.39
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 27-202370$63,9209.69
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305130$79,9201.69
Veterinarians 29-113150$104,0001.40
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909650$36,6600.81
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205650$51,3900.84
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031950$32,3100.91
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803160$61,5301.09
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121320$62,0001.66
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 49-908170$66,70016.31
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102340$85,3304.82