# Counties in North Dakota by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 53 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cass County | 8,989.9 |
| 2 | Burleigh County | 3,871.1 |
| 3 | Grand Forks County | 2,706 |
| 4 | Williams County | 2,551.4 |
| 5 | Ward County | 2,463.4 |
| 6 | Stark County | 1,466.2 |
| 7 | McKenzie County | 1,095.7 |
| 8 | Morton County | 794.8 |
| 9 | Stutsman County | 642.6 |
| 10 | Richland County | 459.5 |
| 11 | Mountrail County | 412 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 384.9 |
| 13 | Ramsey County | 306.6 |
| 14 | Walsh County | 295.1 |
| 15 | Barnes County | 253.3 |
| 16 | Rolette County | 252.7 |
| 17 | McLean County | 251.5 |
| 18 | Traill County | 219.1 |
| 19 | Pembina County | 216.5 |
| 20 | Dunn County | 189.2 |
| 21 | Sargent County | 185.3 |
| 22 | Bottineau County | 142.8 |
| 23 | Dickey County | 118.6 |
| 24 | Ransom County | 115.7 |
| 25 | Benson County | 115.5 |
| 26 | Foster County | 96.7 |
| 27 | Wells County | 88.6 |
| 28 | Pierce County | 88.5 |
| 29 | Sioux County | 87.2 |
| 30 | Cavalier County | 82.5 |
| 31 | Bowman County | 79.5 |
| 32 | McHenry County | 79 |
| 33 | LaMoure County | 77.7 |
| 34 | Oliver County | 67.8 |
| 35 | Nelson County | 55.2 |
| 36 | Emmons County | 53.4 |
| 37 | Burke County | 50.8 |
| 38 | McIntosh County | 50.2 |
| 39 | Griggs County | 48.4 |
| 40 | Divide County | 47.1 |
| 41 | Adams County | 46.9 |
| 42 | Billings County | 42.8 |
| 43 | Renville County | 40.8 |
| 44 | Steele County | 40.3 |
| 45 | Hettinger County | 40.2 |
| 46 | Towner County | 39.6 |
| 47 | Grant County | 38.9 |
| 48 | Kidder County | 38.8 |
| 49 | Eddy County | 34.7 |
| 50 | Golden Valley County | 34.5 |
| 51 | Logan County | 28.3 |
| 52 | Sheridan County | 10.5 |
| 53 | Slope County | 9.4 |