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.
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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