Minot, ND

161 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 33500.

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

Occupation	Employment
Retail Salespersons	1,420
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,400
General and Operations Managers	950
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	880
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	880
Cashiers	850
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	740
Office Clerks, General	660
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	640
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	620
Stockers and Order Fillers	500
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	480
Waiters and Waitresses	440
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	440
Nursing Assistants	430
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	420
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	400
Customer Service Representatives	390
Cooks, Restaurant	380
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	380

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.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	41.00	380
Wellhead Pumpers	33.26	130
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	23.06	220
Gambling Dealers	5.92	110
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	3.40	140
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	3.31	130
Parts Salespersons	3.01	170
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.85	290
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.52	160
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.43	740
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.39	420
Driver/Sales Workers	2.32	200
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.31	260
Coaches and Scouts	2.25	120
Tellers	2.15	150
Electricians	2.11	340
Bartenders	2.09	340
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	2.06	170
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2.00	880
Food Service Managers	1.86	100

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$138,290
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$135,870
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$134,090
Nurse Practitioners	$130,820
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$130,770
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$124,180
Sales Managers	$120,070
Lawyers	$114,180
Software Developers	$108,470
Medical and Health Services Managers	$107,730
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$106,040
Construction Managers	$102,430
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$99,460
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$98,160
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$96,100
General and Operations Managers	$93,120
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	$91,560
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$91,210
Dental Hygienists	$89,800
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$89,670

All 161 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	310	$73,510	1.01
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	140	$27,790	1.64
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$35,780	0.79
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$57,370	2.36
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	210	$60,020	1.38
Bartenders `35-3011`	340	$28,610	2.09
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	50	$46,610	0.63
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	330	$49,660	1.11
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	140	$55,880	1.66
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	160	$72,800	2.52
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	180	$79,440	0.79
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	60	$82,580	0.57
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	70	$63,530	2.85
Carpenters `47-2031`	160	$58,950	1.10
Cashiers `41-2011`	850	$30,570	1.28
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$135,870	1.02
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$65,180	0.96
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	260	$30,040	2.31
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	70	$99,460	0.87
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$78,850	0.49
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	170	$36,490	2.06
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	120	$49,100	1.67
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	120	$34,600	2.25
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$91,560	0.57
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	90	$61,110	0.58
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$138,290	0.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	340	$49,180	1.45
Construction Managers `11-9021`	120	$102,430	1.44
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	80	$30,030	0.56
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	170	$38,570	1.78
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$36,390	1.25
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$74,990	0.85
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	160	$47,170	1.83
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$55,780	1.07
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	390	$44,560	0.71
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$57,770	0.86
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$89,800	1.34
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$78,920	1.47
Dishwashers `35-9021`	60	$29,070	0.54
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$50,790	1.31
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	200	$36,580	2.32
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$106,040	1.05
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$70,390	0.88
Electricians `47-2111`	340	$59,800	2.11
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	400	$61,350	1.35
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$48,830	1.36
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	90	$62,840	10.66
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,400	$30,080	1.70
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$130,770	0.73
Firefighters `33-2011`	80	$49,060	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	420	$82,680	2.39
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	260	$44,850	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$47,750	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	160	$91,210	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$79,260	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	130	$66,060	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$98,160	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	60	$64,900	0.41
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	320	$48,420	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$65,310	1.06
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	90	$37,310	0.46
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$33,600	1.00
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	100	$72,210	1.86
Gambling Dealers `39-3011`	110	$19,290	5.92
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	950	$93,120	1.27
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$32,030	1.30
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	60	$63,950	0.64
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	880	$61,030	2.00
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	90	$58,070	2.86
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	880	$36,860	0.96
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$28,360	0.76
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	110	$78,220	0.57
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	140	$74,490	1.44
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	80	$48,200	0.60
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$51,990	1.54
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$82,930	1.17
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$71,040	1.21
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	480	$37,750	1.02
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	60	$65,450	2.51
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	640	$44,560	1.02
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	170	$42,680	0.85
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$37,860	0.89
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$114,180	0.41
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$57,250	1.14
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$65,090	1.18
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$48,080	3.07
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	70	$61,110	0.50
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	210	$48,050	0.99
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	70	$49,620	2.12
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$79,720	1.77
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	260	$35,130	1.41
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	280	$49,960	0.85
Management Analysts `13-1111`	90	$84,320	0.49
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	120	$124,180	0.87
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	30	$31,130	0.95
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$61,310	0.53
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	40	$43,370	0.21
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	80	$48,880	0.41
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	80	$107,730	0.62
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	30	$47,080	1.05
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$40,580	1.65
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	170	$62,750	1.27
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	50	$43,480	0.18
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	130	$75,900	3.31
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$80,630	0.85
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	60	$130,820	0.92
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	430	$36,500	1.38
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$96,100	1.30
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$89,670	0.95
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	660	$50,160	1.24
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	140	$52,040	3.40
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	290	$62,990	2.85
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	30	$46,720	0.40
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$59,430	0.81
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	170	$48,150	3.01
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	50	$45,260	0.45
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	40	$78,180	0.62
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$134,090	1.12
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$62,400	1.51
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	120	$60,210	0.83
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	60	$60,790	0.91
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	50	$31,000	0.45
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	90	$86,990	0.38
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$57,200	0.94
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$55,330	0.71
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	Not available	$61,780
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	160	$40,060	0.81
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$35,610	0.59
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$56,340	1.17
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	620	$80,490	0.86
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,420	$35,290	1.70
Roofers `47-2181`	40	$49,410	1.27
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	220	$50,490	23.06
Sales Managers `11-2022`	40	$120,070	0.30
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	150	$52,560	0.55
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	310	$67,590	1.19
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	290	$62,480	1.26
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	440	$47,320	1.19
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	Not available	0.68
Security Guards `33-9032`	80	$39,430	0.29
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5013`	380	$59,400	41.00
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	100	$46,560	0.55
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$38,620	1.03
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$83,730	1.10
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$47,330	1.36
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$108,470	0.13
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$60,780	1.09
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$62,220	1.03
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$85,920	1.25
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	500	$35,530	0.83
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$60,130	1.10
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	740	$38,040	2.43
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$85,620	2.02
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$38,670	2.15
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	40	$61,650	0.37
Transportation Security Screeners `33-9093`	30	$63,130	2.79
Travel Agents `41-3041`	70	$44,740	5.73
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	440	$30,930	0.90
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$57,320	2.40
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	80	$62,060	0.87
Wellhead Pumpers `53-7073`	130	$77,310	33.26