West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (6 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 279 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Commercial Pilots	$237,050	Not published	90
2	Chief Executives	$147,480	$70.90	70
3	Pharmacists	$142,950	$68.73	130
4	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$142,660	$68.59	100
5	Financial Managers	$139,820	$67.22	300
6	Sales Managers	$138,130	$66.41	50
7	Petroleum Engineers	$134,780	$64.80	90
8	Managers, All Other	$134,070	$64.46	420
9	Physician Assistants	$129,180	$62.11	60
10	Nurse Practitioners	$128,130	$61.60	160
11	Industrial Production Managers	$123,030	$59.15	100
12	Electrical Engineers	$119,920	$57.66	50
13	Chemists	$118,870	$57.15	40
14	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$118,060	$56.76	60
15	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$116,990	$56.25	70
16	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$116,840	$56.17	410
17	General and Operations Managers	$112,940	$54.30	2,580
18	Computer Systems Analysts	$106,390	$51.15	30
19	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$106,300	$51.11	590
20	Lawyers	$105,220	$50.59	130
21	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$103,530	$49.77	310
22	Construction Managers	$103,420	$49.72	360
23	Medical and Health Services Managers	$102,790	$49.42	180
24	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$102,680	$49.36	110
25	Veterinarians	$102,180	$49.13	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.