Project Manager salary in North Dakota

Official occupation: 13-1082 Project Management Specialists · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In North Dakota, the median project manager earns $96,160 a year, 6% below the United States median of $102,320.

It ranks 32nd of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $62,300 and the 90th at $139,320 (a ratio of 2.2).

With 2,020 jobs and a location quotient of 0.69, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in North Dakota is $52,480, so this role pays 1.8 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureNorth DakotaNational
Median annual pay Observed$96,160United States: $102,320
Mean annual pay Observed$100,790United States: $110,740
10th percentile Observed$62,300United States: $61,580
25th percentile Observed$77,010United States: $78,440
75th percentile Observed$119,630United States: $133,100
90th percentile Observed$139,320United States: $167,970
Median hourly pay Observed$46.23United States: $49.19
Employment (jobs) Observed2,020
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed4.714
Location quotient Observed0.69
Difference from United States median ($102,320) Derived−6%
Rank among 51 states Derived32
Ratio to North Dakota all-occupation median ($52,480) Derived1.83×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.24

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 30. Utah$96,720
  2. 31. Iowa$96,540
  3. 32. North Dakota$96,160
  4. 33. Ohio$95,770
  5. 34. Idaho$95,630

Largest cities in North Dakota: Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, West Fargo (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.