Wages by Occupation in Grand Forks, ND-MN

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Grand Forks, ND-MN metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 52,000 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $49,760 for all occupations combined. 248 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Grand Forks, ND-MN area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

34.8% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.6), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 86.7 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 59.7; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 14,020 residents (14.1% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±850; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 2.8% in 2025, with a labor force of about 57,395 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

41.6% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.9), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$31,395	$32,485
High school graduate	$40,836	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$48,020	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$59,105	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$76,878	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	23.6% (±4.9)	24.2%
High school graduate	12.5% (±1.8)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.6% (±1.4)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6% (±1.1)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	30.8%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	15.3%	10.0%
Business	18.7%	20.1%
Education	14.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	20.3%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	440	$74,740	$78,800	8.41	0.90
Administrative Services Managers	40	$114,810	$131,750	0.74	0.43
Agricultural Equipment Operators	40	$47,900	$48,150	0.75	4.08
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	70	$77,740	$76,730	1.30	1.46
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	130	$27,740	$29,470	2.42	0.94
Animal Caretakers	120	$33,410	$39,240	2.35	1.37
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	50	$102,120	$101,150	1.01	1.48
Architectural and Civil Drafters	60	$60,800	$68,290	1.16	1.74
Architectural and Engineering Managers	30	$149,500	$152,010	0.64	0.45
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	70	$28,290	$33,300	1.41	2.15
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	80	$54,930	$60,490	1.46	1.52
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	220	$58,680	$60,130	4.32	0.95
Bakers	50	$37,670	$38,260	0.98	0.64
Bartenders	490	$28,770	$32,840	9.35	1.92
Bill and Account Collectors	40	$36,110	$42,180	0.69	0.68
Billing and Posting Clerks	130	$47,160	$50,700	2.53	0.97
Biological Technicians	30	$48,190	$50,070	0.64	1.43
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	510	$50,260	$51,520	9.83	1.11
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	170	$64,220	$65,810	3.30	1.77
Bus Drivers, School	80	$53,270	$56,590	1.55	0.60
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	280	$73,920	$78,610	5.36	0.77
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$102,230	$121,970	1.21	2.29
Butchers and Meat Cutters	60	$37,970	$41,420	1.14	1.29
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	130	$73,920	$77,060	2.46	0.78
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	40	$61,930	$64,610	0.79	1.10
Carpenters	290	$57,440	$56,860	5.53	1.28
Cashiers	1,280	$30,980	$32,260	24.60	1.24
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	70	$52,140	$55,020	1.33	1.00
Chief Executives	70	$171,120	$222,820	1.44	1.10
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	180	$63,100	$66,470	3.52	1.39
Childcare Workers	410	$30,210	$32,490	7.96	2.39
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$67,030	$69,050	0.76	1.73
Civil Engineers	170	$100,520	$96,950	3.31	1.40
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	30	$78,070	$78,730	0.62	0.30
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	160	$37,910	$39,020	3.07	1.26
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	190	$61,820	$59,720	3.60	1.68
Coaches and Scouts	130	$49,130	$61,690	2.55	1.59
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$61,220	$60,940	1.20	1.18
Commercial Pilots	40	$111,680	$127,500	0.73	2.38
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	50	$52,040	$60,740	0.94	1.36
Community Health Workers	30	$44,800	$51,250	0.59	1.49
Compliance Officers	80	$74,980	$81,230	1.56	0.58
Computer and Information Systems Managers	90	$141,440	$144,150	1.64	0.38
Computer Network Support Specialists	40	$70,880	$74,650	0.71	0.75
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	40	$51,320	$54,050	0.74	0.68
Computer Occupations, All Other	70	$76,360	$77,710	1.40	0.50
Computer User Support Specialists	170	$60,090	$63,070	3.33	0.72
Construction Laborers	510	$49,070	$52,940	9.80	1.39
Construction Managers	140	$102,440	$107,540	2.67	1.09
Cooks, Fast Food	100	$29,550	$30,640	1.95	0.47
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	200	$38,500	$40,630	3.78	1.33
Cooks, Restaurant	560	$36,800	$36,580	10.86	1.20
Correctional Officers and Jailers	180	$50,230	$54,010	3.54	1.45
Cost Estimators	90	$73,310	$80,710	1.66	1.15
Counter and Rental Clerks	170	$40,430	$44,340	3.25	1.26
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	80	$53,880	$54,160	1.56	1.35
Customer Service Representatives	580	$42,560	$46,820	11.23	0.67
Dental Assistants	110	$57,770	$56,190	2.18	0.88
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	60	$86,110	$103,210	1.25	1.70
Dietitians and Nutritionists	40	$68,450	$72,950	0.70	1.40
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	120	$30,630	$32,140	2.33	0.67
Dishwashers	120	$30,230	$30,970	2.34	0.76
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	70	$49,450	$54,350	1.40	1.07
Driver/Sales Workers	290	$30,640	$36,280	5.54	2.11
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	80	$112,900	$112,620	1.45	0.69
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	170	$102,080	$148,040	3.36	2.89
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$77,540	$82,350	2.09	5.34
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	190	$58,960	$57,210	3.74	1.64
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$81,930	$83,080	0.59	0.96
Electrical Engineers	40	$112,260	$109,140	0.68	0.53
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	70	$113,700	$111,050	1.43	1.70
Electricians	350	$69,710	$67,500	6.82	1.40
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	540	$61,430	$62,440	10.34	1.16
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	60	$58,820	$57,080	1.09	1.10
Engineers, All Other	40	$103,380	$109,340	0.77	0.77
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	70	$64,570	$68,420	1.37	0.46
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	70	$37,440	$36,470	1.41	0.68
Facilities Managers	50	$101,200	$111,610	0.97	0.96
Family Medicine Physicians	50	$286,380	$260,020	1.00	1.45
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	80	$63,750	$61,640	1.59	6.51
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,490	$29,540	$30,020	28.70	1.16
Financial Managers	220	$130,130	$146,240	4.30	0.79
Firefighters	180	$68,060	$61,460	3.37	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	280	$76,430	$81,550	5.39	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	440	$43,250	$44,210	8.46	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	50	$55,550	$55,440	1.03	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	30	$67,520	$69,010	0.59	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	240	$80,950	$85,920	4.61	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	40	$64,330	$77,540	0.72	0.52
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	230	$68,420	$69,900	4.46	0.48
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	40	$48,630	$52,130	0.69	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	70	$98,000	$99,710	1.37	1.38
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	220	$75,360	$76,740	4.32	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	380	$48,450	$52,150	7.35	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	210	$63,440	$65,260	4.12	1.03
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	40	$43,610	$47,420	0.71	5.43
Food Batchmakers	180	$50,720	$50,910	3.52	3.13
Food Preparation Workers	270	$35,650	$35,210	5.15	0.90
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	230	$37,280	$37,770	4.36	2.30
Food Service Managers	110	$63,240	$67,630	2.19	1.43
Fundraisers	90	$80,250	$82,940	1.67	2.34
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	30	$27,920	$33,060	0.58	6.37
General and Operations Managers	1,220	$85,420	$104,200	23.54	1.04
General Internal Medicine Physicians	30	$344,930	$342,190	0.60	1.38
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	40	$48,700	$49,200	0.75	4.61
Graphic Designers	70	$55,110	$56,840	1.26	0.99
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	80	$31,620	$36,290	1.56	0.79
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	70	$46,800	$50,570	1.30	1.11
Healthcare Social Workers	40	$66,080	$65,970	0.73	0.60
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	130	$75,470	$70,020	2.55	0.97
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,100	$59,360	$62,160	21.12	1.59
Highway Maintenance Workers	160	$62,050	$59,730	3.00	3.01
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,350	$41,080	$40,750	25.88	0.93
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	110	$28,420	$29,650	2.20	0.79
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	160	$34,440	$34,510	3.09	1.84
Human Resources Managers	40	$135,340	$138,500	0.82	0.58
Human Resources Specialists	190	$73,300	$74,040	3.61	0.62
Industrial Engineers	110	$103,200	$101,890	2.14	0.91
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	160	$65,890	$66,200	3.08	1.09
Industrial Production Managers	70	$112,200	$124,130	1.29	0.81
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	160	$49,270	$48,960	3.02	0.61
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	170	$60,180	$60,460	3.28	0.85
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	70	$51,440	$56,840	1.38	1.22
Instructional Coordinators	90	$64,550	$70,940	1.76	1.20
Insurance Sales Agents	120	$63,740	$89,190	2.28	0.74
Interpreters and Translators	—	$47,800	$52,160	—	—
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	790	$37,020	$39,510	15.27	1.07
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	60	$61,210	$61,930	1.14	1.63
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,030	$43,580	$43,630	19.87	1.05
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	240	$45,860	$45,190	4.64	0.76
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	100	$39,000	$37,720	1.92	1.51
Lawyers	90	$104,210	$109,810	1.82	0.38
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	50	$53,880	$52,920	0.99	0.99
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	70	$72,990	$71,950	1.32	1.53
Library Technicians	30	$38,960	$43,810	0.65	1.46
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	300	$60,500	$61,000	5.75	1.38
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	80	$29,050	$28,400	1.47	1.45
Light Truck Drivers	310	$47,880	$53,760	6.04	0.96
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	60	$54,710	$54,070	1.22	1.15
Loan Officers	100	$92,820	$95,050	1.98	1.12
Logisticians	40	$70,720	$75,960	0.85	0.52
Machinists	100	$57,890	$58,670	1.96	1.06
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	350	$34,940	$35,710	6.66	1.20
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	600	$48,040	$50,440	11.51	1.17
Management Analysts	120	$89,480	$88,710	2.40	0.42
Managers, All Other	190	$124,530	$129,230	3.69	0.92
Manicurists and Pedicurists	30	$49,290	$58,120	0.67	0.68
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	190	$60,530	$66,880	3.56	0.62
Marketing Managers	30	$122,390	$141,280	0.62	0.24
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$85,490	$87,600	0.88	2.87
Mechanical Drafters	30	$75,160	$73,760	0.62	2.43
Mechanical Engineers	90	$91,430	$94,770	1.69	0.89
Medical and Health Services Managers	190	$101,990	$116,210	3.59	0.93
Medical Assistants	80	$44,560	$43,680	1.49	0.28
Medical Equipment Preparers	30	$37,600	$49,490	0.61	1.23
Medical Records Specialists	80	$45,860	$52,060	1.47	1.17
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$63,020	$71,260	0.82	0.74
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	170	$46,600	$47,070	3.27	0.53
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$49,730	$54,390	1.06	1.15
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	50	$60,160	$62,430	0.97	1.14
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	50	$42,480	$46,490	0.90	0.85
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	210	$61,150	$63,530	4.09	1.03
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	710	$51,850	$48,700	13.59	1.50
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	140	$77,860	$75,500	2.69	2.37
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	30	$21,180	$24,860	0.62	2.05
Natural Sciences Managers	30	$173,590	$176,740	0.60	0.86
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	80	$84,130	$87,650	1.55	0.76
Nurse Anesthetists	40	$254,410	$253,850	0.73	2.20
Nurse Practitioners	190	$130,990	$124,730	3.58	1.72
Nursing Assistants	930	$45,740	$43,750	17.84	1.91
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	60	$83,860	$90,330	1.13	1.25
Occupational Therapists	60	$80,830	$87,200	1.24	1.19
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	140	$54,500	$56,920	2.63	2.13
Office Clerks, General	920	$48,570	$49,900	17.61	1.11
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	370	$61,520	$66,150	7.05	2.29
Opticians, Dispensing	40	$45,280	$44,310	0.70	1.47
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	130	$49,120	$47,750	2.58	1.06
Packers and Packagers, Hand	110	$34,980	$34,200	2.16	0.60
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	50	$50,530	$53,000	0.87	0.60
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	110	$49,290	$52,860	2.08	0.82
Parts Salespersons	160	$46,430	$46,840	3.04	1.75
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$59,010	$58,650	0.86	0.87
Personal Financial Advisors	30	$77,520	$92,130	0.63	0.37
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	30	$47,320	$48,930	0.58	3.33
Pharmacists	90	$138,310	$140,100	1.77	0.85
Pharmacy Technicians	90	$47,110	$47,710	1.70	0.56
Phlebotomists	40	$47,040	$45,580	0.80	0.87
Physical Therapists	100	$88,670	$93,470	1.93	1.12
Physician Assistants	70	$133,450	$132,590	1.38	1.32
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	240	$62,940	$65,090	4.68	1.56
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	220	$74,500	$70,760	4.27	0.99
Postal Service Clerks	30	$58,150	$55,610	0.58	1.22
Postal Service Mail Carriers	130	$55,490	$58,950	2.44	1.15
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	110	$39,110	$42,900	2.12	0.69
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	40	$64,150	$68,490	0.78	1.35
Production Workers, All Other	40	$52,920	$50,200	0.72	0.45
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	80	$57,750	$62,020	1.51	0.60
Project Management Specialists	220	$90,140	$98,240	4.15	0.60
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	80	$59,230	$66,030	1.52	0.76
Psychiatric Technicians	60	$38,480	$40,530	1.14	1.12
Public Relations Specialists	110	$63,040	$70,540	2.05	1.13
Public Safety Telecommunicators	30	$60,310	$61,640	0.67	1.02
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	100	$72,280	$70,230	1.86	1.25
Receptionists and Information Clerks	200	$39,020	$40,250	3.82	0.65
Recreation Workers	90	$37,420	$39,800	1.79	0.84
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	60	$58,810	$58,450	1.07	1.13
Registered Nurses	1,280	$79,070	$82,140	24.66	1.13
Rehabilitation Counselors	40	$61,420	$60,680	0.67	1.10
Residential Advisors	60	$46,790	$51,010	1.09	2.00
Retail Salespersons	1,620	$34,440	$37,370	31.25	1.25
Roofers	40	$50,750	$58,980	0.77	0.88
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	70	$53,440	$57,560	1.38	2.30
Sales Managers	60	$99,770	$115,700	1.21	0.29
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	150	$43,930	$61,120	2.91	0.36
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	400	$66,450	$76,410	7.70	0.97
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	30	$84,670	$109,130	0.58	0.32
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	360	$61,430	$64,210	7.01	1.02
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	750	$47,920	$48,570	14.34	1.31
Security Guards	110	$41,750	$41,740	2.07	0.25
Self-Enrichment Teachers	90	$35,600	$48,590	1.69	0.79
Sheet Metal Workers	100	$61,460	$62,940	1.83	2.38
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	230	$45,080	$47,530	4.45	0.85
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	120	$44,830	$42,440	2.38	1.49
Social and Community Service Managers	80	$81,100	$83,200	1.51	1.12
Social and Human Service Assistants	140	$46,400	$48,290	2.67	0.95
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	30	$78,850	$73,140	0.62	2.60
Software Developers	130	$92,120	$94,150	2.59	0.24
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	80	$60,670	$64,130	1.47	0.88
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	40	$61,380	$66,220	0.73	1.19
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	60	$60,470	$65,890	1.08	1.03
Speech-Language Pathologists	60	$76,290	$77,370	1.18	1.00
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	30	$74,240	$73,720	0.59	3.25
Stockers and Order Fillers	830	$35,460	$37,210	15.93	0.87
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	180	$60,970	$64,390	3.46	1.09
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	70	$41,600	$43,470	1.29	0.38
Surgical Technologists	50	$61,190	$58,990	1.04	1.37
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,030	$36,580	$35,530	19.87	2.18
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	50	$49,960	$55,510	1.00	0.94
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	80	$88,820	$81,540	1.50	1.65
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	40	$51,010	$64,480	0.76	1.21
Tellers	180	$39,300	$41,710	3.44	1.62
Tire Repairers and Changers	50	$39,520	$39,810	0.93	1.33
Training and Development Specialists	80	$60,480	$67,510	1.54	0.52
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	50	$102,780	$106,990	0.91	0.64
Waiters and Waitresses	820	$27,820	$33,420	15.68	1.07
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	80	$60,160	$65,280	1.57	1.90
Web Developers	30	$79,100	$73,260	0.58	1.29
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	190	$58,200	$60,100	3.72	1.39

Colleges in this area

3 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Josef's School of Hair, Skin & Body-Grand Forks	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	61
University of Minnesota-Crookston	Public	4-year or above	2,612
University of North Dakota	Public	4-year or above	15,019

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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