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Average Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, And Samplers, Recordkeeping Salary in North Dakota

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, And Samplers, Recordkeeping in North Dakota earn a median annual salary of $44,540, which is -2.4% compared to the national median. There are 60 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).

$44,540
North Dakota median annual wage
$21/hour median
-2.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $45,650
60
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.46
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$30,810
25th
$36,720
Median
$44,540
75th
$50,740
90th
$56,930

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
$50,068
Goods: 95.7%
Services: 73.7%
Rents: 71.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wyoming$51,720Compare70
Indiana$51,550Compare1,600
Washington$51,150Compare550
Virginia$51,100Compare1,630
Vermont$48,690Compare90
New Mexico$48,520Compare230

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 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, And Samplers, Recordkeeping in North Dakota

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, And Samplers, Recordkeeping are projected to change by -4.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 5,300 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.