Bismarck, ND Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bismarck, ND moved from $49,990 in May 2024 to $52,560 in May 2025 (+5.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bismarck, ND sits +2.0 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Bismarck, ND
Registered Nurses publishes $81,120 here versus $97,550 nationally (-16.8%; 2,400metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $29,940 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-4.0%).
- Registered Nurses$81,120 in Bismarck, ND sits 16.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,400 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,940 in Bismarck, ND sits 4.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,180 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$36,730 in Bismarck, ND sits 3.7% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,280 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Bismarck, ND; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13900 · Bismarck, ND $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #141/528
- RPP-LOW 91.0
- OCC-MID 294 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $553K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Eugene-Springfie…
- BOOK-MOST 289 rows · May 2025
Read with Eugene-Springfield, OR (+$20 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Bismarck, ND
Where Bismarck, ND already employs the upper wage tier
Managers, All Other and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Bismarck, ND's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 490 jobs · $119,390
- 2. Financial Managers 420 jobs · $133,370
- 3. Lawyers 290 jobs · $109,010
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $130,140
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $151,020
- 6. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $143,380
- 7. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $454,550
- 8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $139,710
- 9. Information Security Analysts 90 jobs · $116,920
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $147,720
- 11. Commercial Pilots 80 jobs · $137,510
- 12. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $129,650
- 13. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $110,810
- 14. Computer Systems Analysts 80 jobs · $106,700
- 15. Administrative Services Managers 70 jobs · $108,870
- 16. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $176,820
- 17. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $156,110
- 18. General Internal Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $351,580
Occupations Tracked
294
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,964
employment-weighted, 289 complete rows
Top Salary
$553,140
Radiologists
Cost of Living
91.0
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Bismarck, ND, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managers, All Other | $119,390 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $133,370 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $109,010 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,140 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $151,020 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $143,380 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $454,550 |
| 8 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $139,710 |
| 9 | Information Security Analysts | $116,920 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $147,720 |
| 11 | Commercial Pilots | $137,510 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $129,650 |
| 13 | Electrical Engineers | $110,810 |
| 14 | Computer Systems Analysts | $106,700 |
| 15 | Administrative Services Managers | $108,870 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $176,820 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $156,110 |
| 18 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $351,580 |
| 19 | Family Medicine Physicians | $286,840 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $113,400 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $133,470 |
| 22 | Public Relations Managers | $114,110 |
| 23 | Industrial Production Managers | $108,300 |
| 24 | Radiologists | $553,140 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $121,100 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bismarck, ND
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling Dealers | $26,890 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,170 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,300 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,030 |
| Bartenders | $29,350 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,940 |
| Childcare Workers | $30,650 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $31,310 |
| Dishwashers | $32,180 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $32,310 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in ND
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside ND. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,964 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Bismarck, ND wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Bismarck, ND at $553,140/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,964 adjusts to about $69,173 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.0. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for ND before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.