Occupational employment / Fargo, ND-MN

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Fargo, ND-MN" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 119,590 $17.55 $36,500
Office and administrative support occupations 20,800 $14.15 $29,440
Sales and related occupations 13,450 $15.02 $31,240
Food preparation and serving related occupations 11,100 $8.93 $18,580
Transportation and material moving occupations 8,990 $14.87 $30,940
Production occupations 8,120 $14.39 $29,930
Construction and extraction occupations 6,610 $17.71 $36,830
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,410 $27.49 $57,180
Education, training, and library occupations 6,390 $20.45 $42,540
Management occupations 5,540 $43.22 $89,890
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,700 $18.39 $38,260
Business and financial operations occupations 4,620 $26.33 $54,770
Retail salespersons 4,280 $11.69 $24,310
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,980 $10.93 $22,730
Healthcare support occupations 3,280 $12.13 $25,220
Personal care and service occupations 3,280 Not available Not available
Cashiers 3,070 $8.24 $17,140
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,940 $24.74 $51,460
Office clerks, general 2,870 $11.88 $24,710
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,830 $8.10 $16,840
Waiters and waitresses 2,290 $8.38 $17,440
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,110 $18.68 $38,860
Community and social services occupations 2,040 $16.10 $33,500
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,010 $26.60 $55,340
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,000 $10.99 $22,850
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,990 $12.74 $26,510
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,950 $16.72 $34,770
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,940 $15.09 $31,390
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,890 $10.78 $22,420
Customer service representatives 1,880 $14.03 $29,190
Team assemblers 1,850 $13.03 $27,110
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,710 $23.65 $49,200
General and operations managers 1,620 $49.78 $103,530
Registered nurses 1,580 $28.27 $58,800
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,460 $11.46 $23,830
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,380 $17.98 $37,410
Protective service occupations 1,380 $17.34 $36,070
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,220 $16.02 $33,320
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,180 Not available $41,610
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,120 $15.65 $32,560
Receptionists and information clerks 1,110 $11.36 $23,630
Teacher assistants 1,110 Not available $26,290
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,090 $20.58 $42,800
Child care workers 1,080 $8.09 $16,820
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,060 $8.57 $17,840
Bartenders 1,020 $7.93 $16,500
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 990 $17.93 $37,290
Computer support specialists 930 $15.17 $31,560
Accountants and auditors 900 $23.93 $49,780
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 900 $13.25 $27,570
Construction laborers 890 $13.68 $28,460
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 850 $16.49 $34,300
Business operations specialists, all other 810 $25.52 $53,070
Cooks, restaurant 780 $9.97 $20,730
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 780 $13.60 $28,290
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 770 $15.20 $31,610
Tellers 770 $12.50 $26,000
Maintenance and repair workers, general 740 $16.41 $34,120
Carpenters 710 $16.27 $33,840
Computer systems analysts 710 $27.80 $57,820
Driver/sales workers 680 $12.45 $25,890
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 670 Not available $44,040
Electricians 650 $21.18 $44,050
Food preparation workers 610 $8.98 $18,690
Counter and rental clerks 600 $9.97 $20,730
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 560 $24.89 $51,770
Helpers--production workers 560 $10.27 $21,360
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 560 $11.50 $23,920
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 550 $21.69 $45,120
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 540 $14.17 $29,470
Financial managers 530 $44.11 $91,740
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 530 $17.93 $37,290
Home health aides 520 $10.39 $21,620
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 520 $7.68 $15,970
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 480 $16.04 $33,370
Telemarketers 480 $9.08 $18,880
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 470 $11.54 $24,010
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 470 $13.22 $27,510
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 450 $18.42 $38,310
Pharmacists 450 $43.28 $90,010
Security guards 450 $10.97 $22,820
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 440 $9.22 $19,180
Sales managers 430 $43.14 $89,740
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 390 $42.02 $87,400
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 380 $8.67 $18,040
Computer software engineers, applications 380 $32.20 $66,970
Dishwashers 380 $7.97 $16,580
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 380 $20.94 $43,550
Bus drivers, school 370 $12.32 $25,620
Sales representatives, services, all other 370 $20.78 $43,230
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 360 $7.60 $15,800
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 360 $26.95 $56,050
Preschool teachers, except special education 360 $12.07 $25,100
Recreation workers 360 $9.28 $19,310
Packers and packagers, hand 350 $9.43 $19,620
Parts salespersons 350 $14.85 $30,880
Bill and account collectors 330 $11.25 $23,400
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 330 $24.30 $50,550
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 330 $8.71 $18,120
Loan officers 310 $25.64 $53,320
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 310 $11.67 $24,270
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 310 $23.31 $48,480
Cement masons and concrete finishers 300 $17.17 $35,710
Chief executives 300 $71.98 $149,720
Cost estimators 300 $23.78 $49,470
Industrial truck and tractor operators 300 $14.84 $30,880
Insurance sales agents 300 $32.11 $66,790
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 300 $10.77 $22,400
All other information and record clerks 280 $18.27 $38,010
Computer and information systems managers 270 $42.65 $88,710
Computer programmers 270 $25.03 $52,070
Graphic designers 270 $15.93 $33,130
Helpers--carpenters 270 $11.05 $22,980
Lawyers 270 $58.06 $120,770
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 260 $13.76 $28,620
Automotive body and related repairers 250 $19.11 $39,750
Coaches and scouts 250 Not available $28,480
Dental hygienists 250 $27.67 $57,560
Pharmacy technicians 250 $13.42 $27,920
Postal service mail carriers 250 Not available Not available
Agricultural equipment operators 240 $10.42 $21,670
Cooks, short order 240 $9.64 $20,050
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 240 $27.62 $57,450
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 240 $22.86 $47,550
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 240 $19.28 $40,100
Order clerks 240 $15.24 $31,690
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 230 $11.58 $24,090
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 230 $21.90 $45,550
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 230 $22.64 $47,090
Mechanical engineers 230 $33.65 $69,990
Medical transcriptionists 230 $13.43 $27,940
Construction managers 220 $41.88 $87,100
Cooks, fast food 220 $8.68 $18,060
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 220 $14.21 $29,550
Public relations specialists 220 $22.49 $46,780
Training and development specialists 220 $21.94 $45,640
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 210 $13.75 $28,610
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 210 Not available Not available
Radiologic technologists and technicians 210 $20.42 $42,470
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 200 $15.66 $32,570
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 200 $10.13 $21,070
Medical secretaries 200 $13.20 $27,460
Network and computer systems administrators 200 $24.54 $51,040
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 200 Not available $53,050
Administrative services managers 190 $32.77 $68,150
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 190 $15.59 $32,420
Dental assistants 190 $16.52 $34,370
Financial analysts 190 $39.61 $82,400
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 190 $19.62 $40,810
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 190 $9.87 $20,520
Community and social service specialists, all other 180 $17.05 $35,470
Industrial engineers 180 $33.34 $69,340
Industrial machinery mechanics 180 $18.25 $37,950
Legal secretaries 180 $16.01 $33,300
Managers, all other 180 $36.99 $76,940
Marketing managers 180 $38.70 $80,500
Production workers, all other 180 $11.78 $24,500
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 180 $25.25 $52,520
Service station attendants 180 $9.77 $20,310
Architects, except landscape and naval 170 $29.10 $60,530
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 170 $26.30 $54,710
Food servers, nonrestaurant 170 $9.77 $20,330
Loan interviewers and clerks 170 $16.11 $33,510
Roofers 170 $14.11 $29,360
Bakers 160 $10.87 $22,610
Child, family, and school social workers 160 $20.89 $43,450
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 160 $24.00 $49,930
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $14.79 $30,760
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 160 $16.34 $33,990
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 160 $22.66 $47,130
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 160 $16.10 $33,500
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 160 $20.42 $42,470
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 160 $24.30 $50,550
Sheet metal workers 160 $17.53 $36,460
Amusement and recreation attendants 150 $8.48 $17,630
Architectural and civil drafters 150 $16.46 $34,240
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 150 $11.16 $23,220
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 150 $16.86 $35,070
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 150 $17.63 $36,660
Electronics engineers, except computer 150 $34.93 $72,660
Food service managers 150 $23.54 $48,970
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 150 $11.95 $24,860
Physical therapists 150 $32.69 $68,000
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 150 $26.68 $55,500
Civil engineering technicians 140 $19.91 $41,410
Civil engineers 140 $30.58 $63,600
Data entry keyers 140 $12.16 $25,290
Engineering managers 140 $43.57 $90,630
File clerks 140 $12.12 $25,220
Painters, construction and maintenance 140 $14.87 $30,930
Photographers 140 $14.67 $30,510
Physician assistants 140 $36.78 $76,510
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 140 $15.80 $32,870
Social and community service managers 140 $23.72 $49,340
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 140 $35.75 $74,360
Computer operators 130 $16.19 $33,680
Correctional officers and jailers 130 $17.64 $36,690
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $16.18 $33,650
Industrial production managers 130 $34.28 $71,310
Market research analysts 130 $29.38 $61,100
Mechanical drafters 130 $16.95 $35,250
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 130 $15.52 $32,270
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 130 $32.98 $68,600
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 120 Not available Not available
Cargo and freight agents 120 $22.85 $47,530
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 120 $17.00 $35,360
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 120 $15.24 $31,690
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 120 $18.29 $38,050
Fire fighters 120 $20.25 $42,110
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 120 $25.42 $52,870
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 120 $20.13 $41,870
Medical and health services managers 120 $34.24 $71,220
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 120 Not available $48,570
Office and administrative support workers, all other 120 $13.25 $27,550
Opticians, dispensing 120 $11.89 $24,730
Special education teachers, secondary school 120 Not available $53,900
Speech-language pathologists 120 $26.64 $55,420
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 110 Not available $89,340
Network systems and data communications analysts 110 $26.51 $55,150
Paralegals and legal assistants 110 $21.45 $44,620
Physicians and surgeons, all other 110 More than $70 More than $145,600
Property, real estate, and community association managers 110 $18.54 $38,560
Brickmasons and blockmasons 100 $24.01 $49,930
Engineers, all other 100 $32.80 $68,210
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 100 $19.51 $40,580
Instructional coordinators 100 $21.95 $45,650
Occupational therapists 100 $28.45 $59,170
Printing machine operators 100 $14.19 $29,520
Radio and television announcers 100 $20.44 $42,520
Structural iron and steel workers 100 $19.07 $39,670
Carpet installers 90 $12.80 $26,620
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 90 $28.27 $58,810
Demonstrators and product promoters 90 $10.06 $20,910
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 90 $19.65 $40,870
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 90 $14.79 $30,760
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 90 Not available $46,270
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 90 $8.86 $18,440
Medical and public health social workers 90 $19.68 $40,940
Personal financial advisors 90 $39.98 $83,160
Real estate sales agents 90 $19.86 $41,300
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 90 $15.41 $32,040
Tire repairers and changers 90 $10.39 $21,600
Advertising sales agents 80 $18.54 $38,570
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 80 $20.18 $41,980
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 80 Not available Not available
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $16.01 $33,300
Dietitians and nutritionists 80 $22.42 $46,630
Nonfarm animal caretakers 80 $9.18 $19,090
Pharmacy aides 80 $10.12 $21,050
Rehabilitation counselors 80 $19.49 $40,540
Sales and related workers, all other 80 $20.75 $43,160
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 80 $18.86 $39,240
Surveying and mapping technicians 80 $19.82 $41,230
Travel agents 80 Not available Not available
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $56,550
Compensation and benefits managers 70 $47.35 $98,490
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $16.31 $33,920
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $14.05 $29,220
Food batchmakers 70 $10.08 $20,970
Highway maintenance workers 70 $17.95 $37,330
Librarians 70 $26.33 $54,770
Library technicians 70 $14.69 $30,560
Operations research analysts 70 $23.73 $49,360
Producers and directors 70 $19.33 $40,210
Switchboard operators, including answering service 70 $11.29 $23,480
Bindery workers 60 $11.02 $22,930
Butchers and meat cutters 60 $13.65 $28,380
Commercial pilots 60 Not available $56,420
Computer specialists, all other 60 $29.67 $61,720
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available Not available
Financial specialists, all other 60 $26.70 $55,540
Gaming and sports book writers and runners 60 $12.66 $26,330
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 60 $15.02 $31,250
Helpers--electricians 60 $13.01 $27,070
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 60 $13.84 $28,790
Home appliance repairers 60 $15.20 $31,620
Interior designers 60 $16.01 $33,290
Lodging managers 60 $18.46 $38,390
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available Not available
Mechanical engineering technicians 60 $22.49 $46,780
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $15.71 $32,680
New accounts clerks 60 $13.04 $27,130
Prepress technicians and workers 60 $14.93 $31,060
Procurement clerks 60 $16.27 $33,850
Reporters and correspondents 60 $16.32 $33,940
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 60 $17.70 $36,830
Business teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available Not available
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 50 $27.86 $57,950
Court, municipal, and license clerks 50 $16.90 $35,160
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $14.34 $29,820
Engineering teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $76,130
Gaming supervisors 50 $19.13 $39,780
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 50 $18.78 $39,050
Helpers, construction trades, all other 50 $13.08 $27,200
Job printers 50 $16.26 $33,820
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $17.83 $37,080
Machine feeders and offbearers 50 $10.19 $21,200
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $12.09 $25,150
Public relations managers 50 $36.76 $76,460
Purchasing managers 50 $44.30 $92,150
Sewing machine operators 50 $12.07 $25,100
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 50 $11.39 $23,690
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $16.35 $34,000
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $18.77 $39,040
Broadcast technicians 40 $18.54 $38,560
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 40 $14.68 $30,540
Detectives and criminal investigators 40 $32.98 $68,600
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $11.61 $24,160
Editors 40 $23.06 $47,970
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 40 $14.62 $30,410
Financial examiners 40 $33.40 $69,480
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $33.40 $69,470
Floral designers 40 $11.02 $22,910
Health educators 40 $19.95 $41,500
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available Not available
Parking lot attendants 40 $9.36 $19,460
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Public address system and other announcers 40 $13.00 $27,040
Recreational therapists 40 $17.88 $37,200
Residential advisors 40 $10.16 $21,120
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $21.99 $45,740
Training and development managers 40 $42.07 $87,500
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $63,960
Clergy 30 $19.76 $41,100
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 30 $17.49 $36,390
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 30 $13.90 $28,910
Insurance underwriters 30 $25.18 $52,380
Motorcycle mechanics 30 $15.51 $32,270
Painters, transportation equipment 30 $17.11 $35,590
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available Not available
Respiratory therapists 30 $22.50 $46,790
Surgeons 30 Not available Not available
Technical writers 30 $20.82 $43,310
Advertising and promotions managers Not available $47.71 $99,230
Agricultural and food science technicians Not available $16.23 $33,750
Chefs and head cooks Not available $12.39 $25,780
Chiropractors Not available $33.65 $69,980
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $43.01 $89,450
Conveyor operators and tenders Not available $15.64 $32,520
Couriers and messengers Not available $9.54 $19,840
Court reporters Not available $15.95 $33,190
Credit analysts Not available $39.07 $81,270
Database administrators Not available $31.94 $66,430
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $14.15 $29,440
Dentists, general Not available $100.37 $208,760
Dietetic technicians Not available $10.89 $22,650
Education administrators, postsecondary Not available $49.69 $103,360
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Not available $16.80 $34,940
Electrical and electronics drafters Not available $19.74 $41,060
Electrical engineers Not available $34.34 $71,420
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $16.09 $33,470
Family and general practitioners Not available $77.43 $161,050
Farm equipment mechanics Not available $15.62 $32,490
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Not available $9.66 $20,100
Fence erectors Not available $13.92 $28,950
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers Not available $21.71 $45,150
Gaming dealers Not available $9.42 $19,600
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Not available $12.14 $25,250
Insulation workers, mechanical Not available $17.10 $35,580
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Not available $10.47 $21,790
Legal occupations Not available $44.17 $91,870
Life, physical, and social science occupations Not available $21.23 $44,150
Machinists Not available $17.55 $36,510
Management analysts Not available $28.17 $58,590
Medical assistants Not available $13.41 $27,890
Medical records and health information technicians Not available $14.83 $30,840
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $18.53 $38,530
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Not available $13.15 $27,350
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $14.07 $29,270
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Not available $13.92 $28,960
Personal and home care aides Not available $8.03 $16,700
Personal care and service workers, all other Not available $11.03 $22,940
Pipelayers Not available $13.19 $27,440
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers Not available $16.59 $34,500
Postsecondary teachers, all other Not available Not available $55,410
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $19.33 $40,200
Social and human service assistants Not available $11.60 $24,130
Surgical technologists Not available $16.53 $34,390
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $64,740
Veterinarians Not available $31.30 $65,090
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $13.66 $28,410
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $24.53 $51,030
Word processors and typists Not available $12.16 $25,290
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