Skip to content

An independent salary reference. Not affiliated with BLS or any U.S. government agency.

Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average First-Line Supervisors Of Police And Detectives Salary in North Dakota

First-Line Supervisors Of Police And Detectives in North Dakota earn a median annual salary of $97,370, which is -8.1% compared to the national median. There are 430 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for North Dakota (state).

$97,370
North Dakota median annual wage
$47/hour median
-8.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $105,980
430
Local employment
1.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.03
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$80,340
25th
$86,570
Median
$97,370
75th
$115,010
90th
$138,010

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in North Dakota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
89.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$109,455
Goods: 95.7%
Services: 73.7%
Rents: 71.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
California$162,740Compare12,980
New Jersey$144,160Compare7,420
Illinois$136,440Compare5,550
District of Columbia$134,760Compare1,250
Washington$134,120Compare2,570
Nevada$133,660Compare1,270

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in North Dakota

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$232,4201.80
Pediatricians, General$225,2501.00
Dentists, General$201,2800.68
Chief Executives$171,3100.63
Architectural And Engineering Managers$140,5600.53
Physical Scientists, All Other$138,430N/A
Computer And Information Systems Managers$136,3000.37
Pharmacists$135,5701.09

North Dakota has salary data for 565 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for First-Line Supervisors Of Police And Detectives in North Dakota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, First-Line Supervisors Of Police And Detectives are projected to change by +2.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 10,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.