North Dakota · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in North Dakota

Name: Employment in North Dakota
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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in North Dakota, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in North Dakota had about 429,600 people on their payrolls across roughly 36,560 establishments, with average annual pay of $67,580.

Total employment in North Dakota grew 8.5% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for North Dakota are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

429,600Employment, 2025
36,560Establishments
$67,580Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of North Dakota	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	4,805	1.1%	1.41	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	17,186	4.0%	10.89	pub.
23	Construction	31,087	7.2%	1.34	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	28,070	6.5%	0.81	pub.
22	Utilities	3,692	0.9%	1.53	est. · 0.99
42	Wholesale Trade	24,177	5.6%	1.45	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	46,393	10.8%	1.09	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	18,950	4.4%	0.91	est. · 1.00
51	Information	5,395	1.3%	0.65	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	16,689	3.9%	0.95	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	5,794	1.4%	0.86	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	17,642	4.1%	0.59	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	4,774	1.1%	0.66	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	12,961	3.0%	0.52	pub.
61	Educational Services	37,808	8.8%	1.03	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	71,377	16.6%	1.03	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12,886	3.0%	1.54	est. · 1.00
72	Accommodation and Food Services	33,994	7.9%	0.87	est. · 1.00
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	11,877	2.8%	0.91	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	24,010	5.6%	1.10	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	429,567	36,560	$67,580	0.2%	pub.
2024	428,692	36,563	$65,694	1.7%	pub.
2023	421,639	35,589	$63,321	2.5%	pub.
2022	411,307	34,205	$60,215	2.7%	pub.
2021	400,472	32,837	$56,851	1.1%	pub.
2020	395,956	32,401	$55,465	6.4%	pub.
2019	422,837	31,897	$54,102	1.3%	pub.
2018	417,578	31,881	$52,356	0.9%	pub.
2017	414,038	31,917	$50,313	0.7%	pub.
2016	417,119	32,086	$48,874	4.6%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of North Dakota	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	26,277	6.1%	0.87
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	20,987	4.9%	0.73
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	7,176	1.7%	0.50
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	5,996	1.4%	0.84
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	4,375	1.0%	1.08
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	6,261	1.5%	0.86
23-0000	Legal occupations	2,189	0.5%	0.61
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	25,432	5.9%	1.01
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	5,144	1.2%	0.90
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	29,527	6.9%	1.09
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	19,097	4.5%	0.88
33-0000	Protective service occupations	8,023	1.9%	0.78
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	36,329	8.5%	0.96
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	13,621	3.2%	1.08
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	12,674	2.9%	1.42
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	36,235	8.4%	0.98
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	46,420	10.8%	0.92
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	931	0.2%	0.77
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	34,590	8.1%	1.95
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	22,795	5.3%	1.36
51-0000	Production occupations	23,596	5.5%	0.99
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	41,893	9.8%	1.10

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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