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.
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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