Fargo, ND-MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Fargo, ND-MN moved from $49,690 in May 2024 to $51,050 in May 2025 (+2.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Fargo, ND-MN sits -0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Fargo, ND-MN
Registered Nurses publishes $82,120 here versus $97,550 nationally (-15.8%; 4,790metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $30,330 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-13.9%).
- Registered Nurses$82,120 in Fargo, ND-MN sits 15.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,790 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$30,330 in Fargo, ND-MN sits 13.9% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,020 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$45,690 in Fargo, ND-MN sits 13.5% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,810 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$49,060 in Fargo, ND-MN sits 9.0% above the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,590 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Fargo, ND-MN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22020 · Fargo, ND-MN $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #137/528
- RPP-LOW 90.9
- OCC-MOST 406 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $605K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fresno, CA
- BOOK-FULL 396 rows · May 2025
Read with Fresno, CA ($4 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 Fargo, ND-MN
Where Fargo, ND-MN already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Fargo, ND-MN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 810 jobs · $136,970
- 2. Managers, All Other 590 jobs · $124,390
- 3. Pharmacists 520 jobs · $142,040
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 490 jobs · $130,070
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 430 jobs · $152,990
- 6. Physicians, All Other 330 jobs · $418,980
- 7. Sales Managers 310 jobs · $119,990
- 8. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $136,610
- 9. Nurse Anesthetists 160 jobs · $241,620
- 10. Human Resources Managers 140 jobs · $144,450
- 11. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 130 jobs · $138,950
- 12. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $188,510
- 13. Marketing Managers 120 jobs · $126,790
- 14. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $198,570
- 15. Commercial Pilots 110 jobs · $131,950
- 16. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $338,400
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $276,530
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $141,990
Occupations Tracked
406
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,270
employment-weighted, 396 complete rows
Top Salary
$604,890
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
90.9
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Fargo, ND-MN, 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 | Financial Managers | $136,970 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $124,390 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $142,040 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,070 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $152,990 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $418,980 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $119,990 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $136,610 |
| 9 | Nurse Anesthetists | $241,620 |
| 10 | Human Resources Managers | $144,450 |
| 11 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $138,950 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $188,510 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $126,790 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $198,570 |
| 15 | Commercial Pilots | $131,950 |
| 16 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $338,400 |
| 17 | Family Medicine Physicians | $276,530 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $141,990 |
| 19 | Surgeons, All Other | $604,890 |
| 20 | Pediatricians, General | $234,950 |
| 21 | Riggers | $169,480 |
| 22 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $414,060 |
| 23 | Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $134,030 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $132,690 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $121,370 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Fargo, ND-MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling Dealers | $19,240 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,050 |
| Bartenders | $28,390 |
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $28,620 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $29,070 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,070 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $29,180 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $29,440 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,710 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,830 |
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 ($63,270 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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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.