Grand Forks Employment

Employment and Industries in the Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Grand Forks than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Grand Forks.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Grand Forks.
A list of any large public companies in Grand Forks.

Most Popular Jobs in Grand Forks, North Dakota Metro Area (2008 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	950	64,860	$44,850 - 86,100	24%	56%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	670	46,850	$33,500 - 63,340	14%	95%
3	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	360	46,110	$30,700 - 63,700	6%	96%
4	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	360	52,620	$29,820 - 78,410	8%	51%
5	Social and human service assistants	320	24,370	$17,320 - 33,420	34%	58%
6	Accountants and auditors	220	48,020	$28,740 - 68,160	18%	79%
7	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	210	42,590	$29,330 - 60,230	13%	73%
8	Medical and health services managers	140	80,650	$50,060 - 122,490	16%	57%
9	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	130	76,880	$50,470 - 118,210	25%	93%
10	Coaches and scouts	130	40,870	$19,240 - 66,900	15%	60%
11	Child, family, and school social workers	130	39,230	$28,320 - 53,390	19%	77%
12	Computer programmers	100	49,960	$33,510 - 67,050	0%	73%
13	Mental health and substance abuse social workers	100	37,340	$28,650 - 49,160	30%	77%
14	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	100	50,260	$35,840 - 65,120	20%	87%
15	Librarians	90	46,770	$29,620 - 66,310	4%	85%
16	Pharmacists	90	91,910	$24,790 - 130,720	22%	97%
17	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	90	42,730	$28,090 - 60,620	11%	95%
18	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	80	44,710	$27,160 - 70,130	5%	58%
19	Financial managers	80	86,400	$51,360 - 125,230	13%	60%
20	Network and computer systems administrators	80	45,980	$35,160 - 58,890	27%	50%
21	Lawyers	80	90,540	$43,220 -	11%	99%
22	Medical and public health social workers	80	38,170	$26,700 - 50,490	24%	77%
23	Sales managers	80	70,040	$38,320 - 110,940	10%	69%
24	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	70	48,850	$36,760 - 63,610	0%	96%
25	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	70	77,380	$54,770 - 105,180	8%	78%
26	Physical therapists	70	63,730	$46,560 - 82,780	27%	89%
27	Graphic designers	70	32,510	$27,270 - 41,460	10%	55%
28	Public relations specialists	70	44,270	$28,720 - 65,950	18%	81%
29	Chief executives	70	154,410	$58,240 -	2%	65%
30	Community and social service specialists, all other	60	43,170	$31,130 - 65,130	25%	58%
31	Biological technicians	60	30,020	$21,750 - 39,850	16%	60%
32	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	60	38,240	$27,550 - 52,200	18%	56%
33	Special education teachers, secondary school	60	49,590	$36,140 - 63,840	9%	87%
34	Managers, all other	60	66,010	$32,520 - 114,160	7%	55%
35	Civil engineers	60	72,240	$52,760 - 91,310	18%	87%
36	Sales and related workers, all other	60	36,800	$19,280 - 81,660	14%	62%
37	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	60	64,220	$42,320 - 95,700	16%	99%
38	Social workers, all other	50	30,370	$22,030 - 39,530	18%	77%
39	Speech-language pathologists	50	51,270	$36,090 - 66,800	11%	98%
40	Social and community service managers	40	66,520	$39,180 - 115,540	25%	72%
41	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	40	42,180	$26,280 - 50,810	25%	67%
42	Instructional coordinators	40	55,520	$36,290 - 84,340	23%	79%
43	Dietitians and nutritionists	40	52,540	$29,880 - 66,300	9%	72%
44	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	40	36,280	$28,090 - 47,190	15%	51%
45	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	40	69,210	$46,700 - 105,700	12%	51%
46	Physician assistants	40	72,600	$45,030 - 101,590	27%	67%
47	Rehabilitation counselors	30	40,140	$29,040 - 50,160	23%	73%
48	Floral designers	30	25,140	$17,050 - 33,130	0%	55%
49	Industrial engineers	30	58,880	$40,490 - 81,350	20%	74%
50	Education administrators, postsecondary	30	109,280	$58,370 -	14%	78%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,960	24,160	$13,750 - 40,460	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,460	17,090	$13,310 - 22,330	-2%	10%
3	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,360	17,350	$13,470 - 22,170	18%	5%
4	Waiters and waitresses	1,290	18,660	$13,270 - 32,380	11%	14%
5	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,060	22,860	$14,410 - 32,360	15%	4%
6	Office clerks, general	990	23,710	$15,380 - 31,850	13%	19%
7	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	980	24,250	$19,160 - 30,860	18%	7%
8	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	970	33,150	$21,350 - 47,840	10%	4%
9	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	930	29,810	$21,440 - 39,930	13%	16%
10	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	770	22,970	$17,170 - 30,050	2%	5%
11	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	610	18,190	$13,500 - 24,770	13%	5%
12	Teacher assistants	590	25,440	$18,080 - 32,720	10%	18%
13	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	560	35,050	$28,040 - 42,640	14%	7%
14	Customer service representatives	550	26,020	$20,530 - 33,410	25%	22%
15	Home health aides	550	20,340	$16,890 - 24,960	49%	7%
16	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	550	29,450	$22,060 - 38,580	1%	18%
17	Receptionists and information clerks	550	23,920	$16,730 - 31,680	17%	13%
18	Stock clerks and order fillers	530	23,390	$15,410 - 36,030	-7%	8%
19	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	510	36,150	$26,420 - 49,620	15%	18%
20	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	500	41,900	$26,570 - 60,520	6%	29%
21	Maintenance and repair workers, general	490	32,460	$20,960 - 45,670	10%	6%
22	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	460	35,070	$22,660 - 51,030	4%	25%
23	Bartenders	460	18,280	$13,440 - 27,410	11%	17%
24	Personal and home care aides	450	22,060	$18,550 - 25,270	51%	10%
25	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	440	25,800	$17,870 - 36,160	11%	14%
26	General and operations managers	420	90,930	$44,660 -	2%	48%
27	Cooks, restaurant	360	19,870	$15,170 - 25,870	12%	5%
28	Business operations specialists, all other	360	49,020	$24,560 - 75,790	21%	49%
29	Child care workers	340	16,160	$13,030 - 20,270	18%	15%
30	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	320	31,800	$17,320 - 60,290	18%	6%
31	Driver/sales workers	310	18,060	$13,060 - 28,900	-4%	4%
32	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	310	25,620	$17,360 - 38,600	8%	4%
33	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	300	38,220	$27,700 - 49,600	8%	3%
34	Carpenters	290	33,360	$24,420 - 44,140	10%	6%
35	Tellers	270	22,440	$17,570 - 28,700	14%	16%
36	Construction laborers	270	27,810	$21,500 - 34,700	11%	5%
37	Production workers, all other	260	24,040	$16,300 - 32,930	2%	5%
38	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	250	47,350	$33,140 - 65,760	-4%	15%
39	Food preparation workers	240	21,230	$14,270 - 29,810	15%	7%
40	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	230	39,230	$20,310 - 60,110	14%	4%
41	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	230	17,690	$14,120 - 20,720	17%	14%
42	Counter and rental clerks	200	19,280	$14,570 - 24,680	23%	16%
43	Computer support specialists	200	33,280	$21,600 - 55,160	13%	43%
44	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	200	31,340	$21,720 - 44,130	-6%	14%
45	Cooks, fast food	190	17,300	$13,560 - 23,330	8%	5%
46	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	180	49,190	$33,140 - 69,800	9%	10%
47	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	180	47,280	$34,370 - 62,620	11%	33%
48	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	180	23,030	$14,820 - 31,370	11%	5%
49	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	180	28,880	$21,910 - 38,410	4%	15%
50	Gaming dealers	180	18,590	$12,960 - 29,620	24%	11%
51	Dishwashers	170	15,420	$13,060 - 19,120	10%	3%
52	Amusement and recreation attendants	170	17,290	$14,040 - 20,510	24%	22%
53	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	160	25,530	$17,510 - 31,730	-4%	5%
54	Electricians	160	43,340	$28,970 - 53,990	7%	7%
55	Food servers, nonrestaurant	160	20,760	$16,170 - 25,950	16%	9%
56	Parts salespersons	160	29,730	$17,400 - 40,380	-1%	6%
57	Security guards	150	23,430	$16,820 - 32,240	17%	13%
58	Postal service mail carriers	150			1%	11%
59	Sheet metal workers	140	39,740	$26,100 - 52,800	7%	4%
60	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	140	15,680	$12,950 - 19,660	10%	17%
61	Bus drivers, school	140	34,720	$21,670 - 49,050	9%	4%
62	Medical secretaries	140	27,610	$21,980 - 34,220	17%	18%
63	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	140	31,420	$21,980 - 45,140	5%	2%
64	Loan officers	130	79,460	$38,000 - 148,480	12%	49%
65	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	130	53,440	$33,630 - 79,610	7%	13%
66	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	130	29,880	$19,330 - 45,000	4%	6%
67	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	130	18,870	$13,420 - 25,950	10%	8%
68	Cost estimators	120	44,810	$32,960 - 65,500	19%	32%
69	Packers and packagers, hand	110	17,800	$13,110 - 25,280	-11%	3%
70	Industrial machinery mechanics	110	40,750	$32,790 - 50,230	9%	5%
71	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	110	32,190	$20,860 - 49,480	13%	11%
72	Correctional officers and jailers	110	33,440	$26,980 - 41,350	17%	11%
73	Fire fighters	110	38,760	$24,270 - 49,580	12%	18%
74	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	110	18,530	$14,150 - 23,960	27%	47%
75	Pharmacy technicians	110	33,240	$26,820 - 41,060	32%	16%
76	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	100	39,140	$28,630 - 50,290	12%	3%
77	Cooks, short order	100	18,860	$14,150 - 24,660	5%	5%
78	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	100	47,980	$30,390 - 62,920	10%	17%
79	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	100	36,440	$25,720 - 49,350	13%	17%
80	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	100	43,340	$30,870 - 60,150	11%	4%
81	Highway maintenance workers	100	36,480	$26,330 - 47,750	9%	5%
82	Industrial truck and tractor operators	100	29,080	$25,550 - 33,150	-1%	2%
83	Medical records and health information technicians	100	33,920	$26,130 - 43,380	18%	12%
84	Business teachers, postsecondary	100	92,630	$34,540 - 137,630	0%	0%
85	File clerks	90			-40%	20%
86	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	90	16,430	$12,890 - 20,790	12%	6%
87	Insurance sales agents	90	65,320	$25,930 - 151,070	13%	45%
88	Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	90	51,500	$32,820 - 64,740	3%	13%
89	Painters, construction and maintenance	80	30,050	$22,980 - 35,630	12%	6%
90	Dental assistants	80	32,030	$23,980 - 39,810	29%	9%
91	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	80	38,120	$25,110 - 66,220	9%	47%
92	Eligibility interviewers, government programs	80	33,160	$25,030 - 42,370	3%	38%
93	Preschool teachers, except special education	80	28,990	$20,370 - 38,520	26%	43%
94	Stationary engineers and boiler operators	80			3%	10%
95	Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders	80	33,090	$27,090 - 40,800	-11%	4%
96	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	80	29,600	$26,130 - 34,900	-15%	0%
97	Structural metal fabricators and fitters	80	28,420	$23,220 - 32,590	0%	0%
98	Psychiatric technicians	80	31,050	$25,830 - 38,690	-2%	16%
99	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	70	34,870	$19,650 - 58,480	16%	26%
100	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	70	45,510	$31,140 - 61,330	12%	3%

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Jobs More Common Near Grand Forks Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Gaming dealers	18,590	180	8.5
Business teachers, postsecondary	92,630	100	5.6
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	76,880	130	5.3
Production workers, all other	24,040	260	3.8
Highway maintenance workers	36,480	100	3.6
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	17,690	230	3.5
Social and human service assistants	24,370	320	3.3
Personal and home care aides	22,060	450	3.2
Bartenders	18,280	460	2.9
Sheet metal workers	39,740	140	2.9
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	42,590	210	2.8
Food servers, nonrestaurant	20,760	160	2.7
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	38,220	300	2.7
Driver/sales workers	18,060	310	2.7
Mental health and substance abuse social workers	37,340	100	2.7
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	35,050	560	2.6
Coaches and scouts	40,870	130	2.5
Parts salespersons	29,730	160	2.4
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	24,250	980	2.3
Amusement and recreation attendants	17,290	170	2.3
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	18,190	610	2.2
Cooks, short order	18,860	100	2.1
Home health aides	20,340	550	2
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	33,150	970	2
Medical records and health information technicians	33,920	100	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	32,190	110	1.9
Child care workers	16,160	340	1.8
Correctional officers and jailers	33,440	110	1.8
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	23,030	180	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	25,800	440	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	36,440	100	1.7
Medical and health services managers	80,650	140	1.7
Waiters and waitresses	18,660	1,290	1.7
Cost estimators	44,810	120	1.6
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	29,810	930	1.6
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	25,530	160	1.6
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	17,350	1,360	1.6
Child, family, and school social workers	39,230	130	1.6
Teacher assistants	25,440	590	1.6
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50,260	100	1.6
Elementary school teachers, except special education	46,850	670	1.6
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	22,860	1,060	1.5
Receptionists and information clerks	23,920	550	1.5
Tellers	22,440	270	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	47,980	100	1.5
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	18,530	110	1.5
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	31,340	200	1.4
Counter and rental clerks	19,280	200	1.4
Fire fighters	38,760	110	1.4
Industrial machinery mechanics	40,750	110	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Grand Forks, North Dakota Metro Area (2008 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Loan officers	79,460	1.34	130
Bus drivers, school	34,720	1.33	140
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	31,800	1.31	320
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	76,880	1.27	130
Pharmacy technicians	33,240	1.18	110
Coaches and scouts	40,870	1.14	130
Teacher assistants	25,440	1.14	590
Personal and home care aides	22,060	1.11	450
Food preparation workers	21,230	1.11	240
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	39,230	1.08	230
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	18,870	1.06	130
Registered nurses	64,860	1.05	950
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	29,880	1.05	130
Food servers, nonrestaurant	20,760	1.03	160
Stock clerks and order fillers	23,390	1.02	530
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	29,450	1.01	550
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	24,250	1.01	980
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	17,350	1.01	1,360
Receptionists and information clerks	23,920	1	550
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	22,860	1	1,060
Waiters and waitresses	18,660	1	1,290
Cooks, fast food	17,300	0.99	190
Retail salespersons	24,160	0.99	1,960
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	25,530	0.98	160
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	47,280	0.98	180
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	23,030	0.97	180
Parts salespersons	29,730	0.97	160
Child, family, and school social workers	39,230	0.97	130
Home health aides	20,340	0.96	550
Medical and health services managers	80,650	0.95	140
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	28,880	0.95	180
Sheet metal workers	39,740	0.95	140
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	22,970	0.95	770
Medical secretaries	27,610	0.95	140
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	18,190	0.95	610
Tellers	22,440	0.95	270
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,460	0.95	490
General and operations managers	90,930	0.94	420
Bartenders	18,280	0.94	460
Elementary school teachers, except special education	46,850	0.94	670
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	53,440	0.94	130
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	31,340	0.94	200
Amusement and recreation attendants	17,290	0.94	170
Office clerks, general	23,710	0.93	990
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	36,150	0.93	510
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	29,810	0.93	930
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	52,620	0.93	360
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	41,900	0.93	500
Security guards	23,430	0.93	150
Electricians	43,340	0.92	160

Highest Paying Jobs in Grand Forks, North Dakota Metro Area (2008 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	154,410	70
Education administrators, postsecondary	109,280	30
Industrial production managers	93,740	30
Business teachers, postsecondary	92,630	100
Pharmacists	91,910	90
General and operations managers	90,930	420
Lawyers	90,540	80
Financial managers	86,400	80
Medical and health services managers	80,650	140
Loan officers	79,460	130
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	77,380	70
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	76,880	130
Construction managers	75,050	70
Physician assistants	72,600	40
Civil engineers	72,240	60
Sales managers	70,040	80
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	69,920	30
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	69,490	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	69,210	40
Social and community service managers	66,520	40
Managers, all other	66,010	60
Insurance sales agents	65,320	90
Registered nurses	64,860	950
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	64,220	60
Physical therapists	63,730	70
Industrial engineers	58,880	30
Instructional coordinators	55,520	40
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	53,440	130
Architects, except landscape and naval	53,380
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	52,620	360
Dietitians and nutritionists	52,540	40
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	51,500	90
Speech-language pathologists	51,270	50
Radiologic technologists and technicians	51,250	40
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50,260	100
Dental hygienists	50,170	60
Computer programmers	49,960	100
Special education teachers, secondary school	49,590	60
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	49,190	180
Business operations specialists, all other	49,020	360
Vocational education teachers, secondary school	48,850	70
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	48,850	50
Advertising sales agents	48,530
Accountants and auditors	48,020	220
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	47,980	100
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,350	250
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	47,280	180
Elementary school teachers, except special education	46,850	670
Librarians	46,770	90
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	46,110	360

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Exceptional Schools. Lists of the "best/most/highest/lowest" schools.

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