# Counties in North Dakota by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

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

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, 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 employment, 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 employment, 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/covered-employment/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cass County | 128,690 |
| 2 | Burleigh County | 58,393 |
| 3 | Grand Forks County | 41,078 |
| 4 | Ward County | 31,171 |
| 5 | Williams County | 26,622 |
| 6 | Stark County | 19,567 |
| 7 | Morton County | 12,316 |
| 8 | McKenzie County | 11,760 |
| 9 | Stutsman County | 11,132 |
| 10 | Richland County | 7,877 |
| 11 | Ramsey County | 5,524 |
| 12 | Mountrail County | 5,391 |
| 13 | Walsh County | 4,730 |
| 14 | Rolette County | 4,666 |
| 15 | Barnes County | 4,426 |
| 16 | Mercer County | 4,341 |
| 17 | Traill County | 3,556 |
| 18 | McLean County | 3,531 |
| 19 | Pembina County | 3,335 |
| 20 | Sargent County | 2,608 |
| 21 | Bottineau County | 2,543 |
| 22 | Dickey County | 2,496 |
| 23 | Benson County | 2,019 |
| 24 | Dunn County | 1,999 |
| 25 | Ransom County | 1,981 |
| 26 | Pierce County | 1,620 |
| 27 | Sioux County | 1,522 |
| 28 | Foster County | 1,487 |
| 29 | Bowman County | 1,482 |
| 30 | Wells County | 1,446 |
| 31 | LaMoure County | 1,406 |
| 32 | McHenry County | 1,311 |
| 33 | Cavalier County | 1,264 |
| 34 | Nelson County | 1,019 |
| 35 | McIntosh County | 993 |
| 36 | Emmons County | 932 |
| 37 | Adams County | 849 |
| 38 | Griggs County | 757 |
| 39 | Billings County | 745 |
| 40 | Eddy County | 712 |
| 41 | Hettinger County | 711 |
| 42 | Oliver County | 701 |
| 43 | Kidder County | 699 |
| 44 | Divide County | 680 |
| 45 | Renville County | 676 |
| 46 | Burke County | 653 |
| 47 | Towner County | 644 |
| 48 | Grant County | 640 |
| 49 | Logan County | 628 |
| 50 | Golden Valley County | 627 |
| 51 | Steele County | 531 |
| 52 | Sheridan County | 219 |
| 53 | Slope County | 99 |