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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other Salary in Bismarck, ND

Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Bismarck, ND earn a median annual salary of $59,800, which is +29.9% compared to the national median. There are 370 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Bismarck, ND (metro area).

$59,800
Bismarck, ND median annual wage
$29/hour median
+29.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,040
370
Local employment
5.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
4.11
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$42,750
25th
$48,850
Median
$59,800
75th
$70,880
90th
$84,920

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 Bismarck, ND, 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
91.0%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$65,697
Goods: 95.7%
Services: 75.0%
Rents: 84.0%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$67,520Compare1,870
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$64,820Compare1,230
Napa, CA$62,670Compare70
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$61,360Compare1,000
Niles, MI$60,140Compare90
Ann Arbor, MI$59,270Compare110

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 Bismarck, ND

Bismarck, ND has salary data for 290 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Bismarck, ND

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Office And Administrative Support Workers, All Other are projected to change by -7.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 21,300 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.