# Counties in North Dakota by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 53 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oliver County | 1,864 |
| 2 | McKenzie County | 1,771 |
| 3 | Williams County | 1,770 |
| 4 | Dunn County | 1,665 |
| 5 | Mercer County | 1,594 |
| 6 | Mountrail County | 1,513 |
| 7 | Stark County | 1,421 |
| 8 | McLean County | 1,390 |
| 9 | Burke County | 1,384 |
| 10 | Cass County | 1,322 |
| 11 | Dickey County | 1,303 |
| 12 | Slope County | 1,279 |
| 13 | Burleigh County | 1,266 |
| 14 | Sargent County | 1,253 |
| 15 | Steele County | 1,239 |
| 16 | Traill County | 1,206 |
| 17 | Ward County | 1,200 |
| 18 | Bowman County | 1,187 |
| 19 | Grand Forks County | 1,183 |
| 20 | Pembina County | 1,171 |
| 21 | Morton County | 1,161 |
| 22 | Divide County | 1,152 |
| 23 | Stutsman County | 1,136 |
| 24 | Sioux County | 1,111 |
| 25 | Foster County | 1,107 |
| 26 | Cavalier County | 1,100 |
| 27 | Richland County | 1,091 |
| 28 | Walsh County | 1,090 |
| 29 | Billings County | 1,081 |
| 30 | Emmons County | 1,067 |
| 31 | McHenry County | 1,064 |
| 31 | Towner County | 1,064 |
| 33 | Benson County | 1,061 |
| 34 | Bottineau County | 1,032 |
| 35 | Rolette County | 1,031 |
| 36 | Barnes County | 1,027 |
| 37 | Renville County | 1,023 |
| 38 | Adams County | 1,004 |
| 39 | Ramsey County | 1,003 |
| 40 | Ransom County | 998 |
| 41 | LaMoure County | 996 |
| 42 | Golden Valley County | 990 |
| 43 | Pierce County | 989 |
| 44 | McIntosh County | 975 |
| 45 | Hettinger County | 967 |
| 46 | Nelson County | 957 |
| 47 | Wells County | 953 |
| 48 | Grant County | 948 |
| 49 | Kidder County | 943 |
| 50 | Griggs County | 926 |
| 51 | Eddy County | 829 |
| 52 | Logan County | 812 |
| 53 | Sheridan County | 720 |