Grand Forks, ND-MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 86.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Grand Forks, ND-MN moved from $48,280 in May 2024 to $49,760 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Grand Forks, ND-MN sits -0.0 pp near 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 24220 · Grand Forks, ND-MN $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #237/528
- RPP-QUIET 86.7
- OCC-MID 248 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $345K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Greensboro-High…
- BOOK-MOST 247 rows · May 2025
Read with Greensboro-High Point, NC ($5 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 Grand Forks, ND-MN
Where Grand Forks, ND-MN already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Grand Forks, ND-MN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $130,130
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $130,990
- 3. Managers, All Other 190 jobs · $124,530
- 4. Construction Managers 140 jobs · $102,440
- 5. Industrial Engineers 110 jobs · $103,200
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $141,440
- 7. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $138,310
- 8. Lawyers 90 jobs · $104,210
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $112,900
- 10. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $171,120
- 11. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $133,450
- 12. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 70 jobs · $113,700
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 70 jobs · $112,200
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $286,380
- 15. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 50 jobs · $102,780
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 40 jobs · $254,410
- 17. Human Resources Managers 40 jobs · $135,340
- 18. Administrative Services Managers 40 jobs · $114,810
Occupations Tracked
248
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,601
employment-weighted, 247 complete rows
Top Salary
$344,930
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
86.7
13% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Grand Forks, 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 | $130,130 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,990 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $124,530 |
| 4 | Construction Managers | $102,440 |
| 5 | Industrial Engineers | $103,200 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $141,440 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $138,310 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $104,210 |
| 9 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $112,900 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $171,120 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $133,450 |
| 12 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $113,700 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $112,200 |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physicians | $286,380 |
| 15 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $102,780 |
| 16 | Nurse Anesthetists | $254,410 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $135,340 |
| 18 | Administrative Services Managers | $114,810 |
| 19 | Electrical Engineers | $112,260 |
| 20 | Commercial Pilots | $111,680 |
| 21 | Engineers, All Other | $103,380 |
| 22 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $344,930 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $173,590 |
| 24 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $149,500 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $122,390 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Grand Forks, ND-MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $21,180 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,740 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $27,820 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $27,920 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $28,290 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,420 |
| Bartenders | $28,770 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,050 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,540 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,550 |
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 ($58,601 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 Grand Forks, ND-MN wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Grand Forks, ND-MN at $344,930/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,601 adjusts to about $67,619 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 86.7. 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.