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West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area

285 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 3800006.

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

All 285 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011780$77,6400.96
Administrative Services Managers 11-301240$91,0500.29
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301130$45,3200.66
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209160$49,1303.55
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 53-301140$33,3206.25
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091210$28,5500.92
Animal Caretakers 39-202150$33,7800.30
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301150$65,7700.88
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021130$47,6901.55
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023510$56,8301.30
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603180$36,7801.47
Bailiffs 33-301160$27,5606.11
Bakers 51-3011140$36,4901.04
Bartenders 35-3011740$30,4501.75
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011Not available$46,660
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021110$54,0400.50
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102950$79,1501.59
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031740$50,0000.96
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051440$52,4701.95
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031630$73,9603.85
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199240$97,3400.40
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021100$37,9001.32
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020140$78,5100.51
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032150$59,5902.37
Carpenters 47-2031340$51,8700.90
Cashiers 41-20112,150$34,2901.24
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051320$57,7102.77
Chemical Technicians 19-403190$58,0202.67
Chemists 19-203140$118,8700.94
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101170$147,4800.59
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021170$64,1500.79
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011710$30,9102.45
Chiropractors 29-101140$59,9901.74
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302270$61,3201.87
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051190$101,0300.90
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061170$36,3100.81
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010100$64,2500.53
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022140$34,4501.03
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912450$50,0200.51
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers 49-909150$45,5203.53
Commercial Pilots 53-201290$237,0503.39
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109940$60,0500.72
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041230$96,2000.98
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123150$76,7700.62
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129980$71,6000.33
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121130$106,3900.12
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232140$61,8700.34
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302160$118,0600.15
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-1031130$75,1509.00
Construction Laborers 47-20611,420$47,6502.31
Construction Managers 11-9021360$103,4201.69
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401140$76,7900.44
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-9012110$102,6803.93
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011160$30,3400.45
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012340$40,7201.38
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014820$35,4701.03
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012Not available$61,540
Cost Estimators 13-1051110$62,2600.84
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021190$45,1900.84
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031160$58,1701.59
Crane and Tower Operators 53-7021100$83,2804.04
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902150$56,8603.66
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051610$47,7700.42
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403150$54,3700.51
Dental Assistants 31-9091100$60,2000.46
Dental Hygienists 29-1292100$95,9600.78
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5011480$71,85080.76
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302190$87,5001.41
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203230$82,7500.62
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011150$31,0100.48
Dishwashers 35-9021140$26,5700.50
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032180$61,0101.56
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031290$58,6501.27
Editors 27-304140$58,3000.76
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032190$101,9301.05
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903360$82,4900.56
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903140$52,3901.07
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012140$63,9000.71
Electrical Engineers 17-207150$119,9200.44
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051310$103,5304.15
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302330Not available0.59
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-2094300$98,7808.16
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 49-209560$96,0405.01
Electricians 47-21111,140$75,9202.68
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,070$60,0201.37
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406180$54,0800.91
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042240$39,6702.32
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-302940$95,0701.13
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-219940$66,6200.49
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204140$83,9900.90
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-5022170$90,3809.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-601180$54,7900.32
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031110$36,6100.60
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$87,3100.52
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3041190$67,7908.96
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-2093Not available$40,210
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,760$30,0700.81
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031300$139,8200.63
Firefighters 33-2011180$58,0300.94
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-10111,900$100,9804.17
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-1011Not available$59,780
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012450$45,1300.65
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-101340$56,6602.97
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101170$48,9900.66
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101260$62,7100.79
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011590$106,3001.69
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101250$79,7600.39
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011250$71,2300.31
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102280$50,8401.20
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012140$98,3001.57
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011340$89,6200.91
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011460$52,6000.73
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109130Not available0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047500$83,4401.42
Floral Designers 27-102330$36,0501.45
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021200$35,8200.40
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041250$37,3801.49
Food Service Managers 11-9051120$67,8600.93
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-407160$52,7303.34
Funeral Attendants 39-402130$34,8801.83
Gambling Dealers 39-3011170$27,4603.61
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 33-903150$60,3109.97
Gas Plant Operators 51-8092740$97,03073.12
General and Operations Managers 11-10212,580$112,9401.31
Graphic Designers 27-102450$47,9200.42
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501280$51,3700.47
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 47-4041Not available$63,960
Health Education Specialists 21-1091Not available$48,250
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102240$58,9700.38
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909930$42,1900.51
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021100$76,8300.41
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30324,230$62,4003.65
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198100$44,6501.07
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051430$63,7604.93
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120880$38,6100.36
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-903190$29,1200.38
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081350$34,5302.38
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071250$76,9400.48
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211260Not available0.31
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-90411,200$71,3804.86
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051100$123,0300.74
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051190$55,3300.43
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061730$50,7402.16
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099240$52,3202.42
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031130$74,7701.05
Insulation Workers, Mechanical 47-213290$58,1406.10
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021250$89,9900.94
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,090$39,5600.88
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012150$57,9302.44
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,030$48,4401.23
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011400$39,5200.75
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011150$34,3601.34
Lawyers 23-1011130$105,2200.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601270$47,6600.85
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022130$62,7201.76
Library Technicians 25-403190$38,6602.30
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061250$62,5400.67
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409930$71,6000.82
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092130$28,4301.47
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033260$48,5300.48
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131200$47,2302.15
Loan Officers 13-2072280$84,0301.83
Lodging Managers 11-908180$60,0603.18
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108140$73,4400.26
Machinists 51-4041130$69,6800.80
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012630$34,5201.30
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071610$51,1700.71
Management Analysts 13-1111Not available$99,240
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199420$134,0701.19
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-509270$32,7200.77
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161140$61,3200.28
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214150$100,8500.33
Medical Assistants 31-909260$46,7800.13
Medical Records Specialists 29-207260$45,9300.58
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013120$44,9600.23
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111180$102,7900.54
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112150$71,4100.64
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102330$62,1000.43
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102640$39,3800.43
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022350$59,6701.01
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090220$46,8000.28
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) 47-409090$76,5705.94
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902390$48,5301.60
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042740$75,9207.48
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244130$95,8800.75
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171160$128,1300.90
Nursing Assistants 31-1131910$46,2701.12
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011210$96,3102.66
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 19-5012Not available$51,200
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112270$96,6500.79
Office Clerks, General 43-90612,010$54,0801.45
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199200$52,3701.84
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-20732,270$65,3208.44
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208130$46,7500.77
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305350$50,5402.32
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-911150$47,0200.25
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706450$22,2400.17
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214140$53,3400.35
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201170$61,6200.30
Paramedics 29-204340$62,3100.71
Parts Salespersons 41-2022310$49,5402.06
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$60,7500.54
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other 39-909930$33,6901.02
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205260$76,8700.41
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301290$50,4906.23
Petroleum Engineers 17-217190$134,7809.17
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 51-8093740$91,47039.80
Pharmacists 29-1051130$142,9500.71
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052120$47,0200.46
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202130$57,2000.48
Physical Therapists 29-112390$96,0500.61
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$129,1800.63
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152160$69,5700.62
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051460$76,5201.23
Postal Service Clerks 43-505190$57,8202.27
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052140$55,9300.73
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913130$89,7704.38
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-119960Not available0.71
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201190$38,3600.33
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-1092Not available$56,620
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506160$62,3200.26
Project Management Specialists 13-1082360$96,8600.59
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202060$59,7401.97
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914190$57,0800.53
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909970$49,7301.56
Public Relations Specialists 27-303160$69,9000.36
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031120$60,3502.00
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 53-707270$81,40012.29
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-203490$74,3700.72
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902240$77,0100.38
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171290$42,5300.58
Recreation Workers 39-9032150$39,2600.78
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081100$60,0001.26
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,210$80,6300.64
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,420$37,1000.65
Riggers 49-909670$74,8305.45
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5012190$71,28027.08
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-50712,160$60,52085.32
Sales Managers 11-202250$138,1300.15
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091410$116,8400.58
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012770$76,8201.11
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011100$142,6600.59
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909930Not available0.61
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031680$61,1301.14
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,160$50,0201.21
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303170$63,8100.25
Security Guards 33-9032190$45,2700.27
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302160$35,0700.32
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-50132,520$62,610103.85
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071170$53,0200.38
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053150$37,6301.09
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915160$82,0900.51
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093290$46,5901.19
Software Developers 15-125230$101,2100.04
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101340$101,5205.06
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052100$57,9500.71
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205860$63,8100.61
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112790$74,3700.85
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-7065950$38,3100.60
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018120$72,0000.42
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031110$42,5700.39
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303130$49,9000.98
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102280$78,1802.78
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 53-7121160$62,47026.44
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309940$60,0200.66
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,150$38,0201.44
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022110$96,1401.39
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905290$70,0301.68
Tellers 43-3071380$39,1702.06
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093110$37,8201.83
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209330$63,8601.20
Training and Development Specialists 13-115190$68,3400.34
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307170$116,9900.52
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 27-202350$69,5805.97
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305150$77,5502.18
Veterinarians 29-113170$102,1801.38
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909650$37,1600.76
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205670$46,6500.95
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031810$30,8400.64
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031210$60,4702.93
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511150Not available1.58
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121650$62,5902.76
Wellhead Pumpers 53-70731,330$80,110131.42
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 49-9081100$73,01017.75
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102330$81,6003.00