North Dakota · SOC 47-0000 · Annual, 2025
Construction and extraction occupations in North Dakota
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 47-0000 in North Dakota, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 34,600 people in North Dakota worked in construction and extraction occupations (SOC 47-0000), with an average annual wage of $73,540.
Employment in construction and extraction occupations in North Dakota grew 15.0% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.9× as concentrated in North Dakota as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.95). Employment fell 35.2% from 2014 to 2021 and has since recovered 38.7% of that loss. Quarterly values, full 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.
- 34,600Employment, 2025
- $73,540Mean annual wage
- 8.1%Share of North Dakota jobs
- 1.95Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 17,300; 2005 17,800; 2006 18,800; 2007 19,600; 2008 21,500; 2009 21,500; 2010 24,000; 2011 29,500; 2012 37,300; 2013 40,400; 2014 44,100; 2015 40,000; 2016 33,600; 2017 32,200; 2018 33,900; 2019 35,900; 2020 30,100; 2021 28,600; 2022 30,300; 2023 33,100; 2024 34,500; 2025 34,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34,590 | $73,539 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 34,475 | $71,209 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 33,092 | $70,064 | 9.1% |
| 2022 | 30,331 | $66,929 | 6.1% |
| 2021 | 28,580 | $61,785 | 5.0% |
| 2020 | 30,093 | $61,394 | 16.2% |
| 2019 | 35,909 | $62,621 | 5.8% |
| 2018 | 33,950 | $59,255 | 5.4% |
| 2017 | 32,202 | $56,422 | 4.2% |
| 2016 | 33,598 | $56,010 | 16.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Construction and extraction occupations in North Dakota, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for construction and extraction occupations in North Dakota. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.