SOC 31-1131 · Healthcare Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Nursing Assistants make in Minot, ND?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nursing Assistants in Minot, ND is $36,500. The 10th percentile is $35,130 and the 90th percentile is $47,500. Employment is 430.

Median annual wage

$36,500

10th percentile
$35,130
25th percentile
$35,130
Median
$36,500
75th percentile
$46,460
90th percentile
$47,500
Mean
$39,310

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Nursing Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $35,130 and the 90th percentile is $47,500. The difference is $12,370, which is 33.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $35,130 to the 75th at $46,460, covers $11,330.

The mean annual wage is $39,310, which sits above the median of $36,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minot, ND median is 13.6% lower than the national median of $42,260 for Nursing Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,941, which is 0.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.3% lower than the North Dakota median of $45,820.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minot, ND is 87.028, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nursing Assistants at $41,941 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Nursing Assistants. Minot, ND ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Bismarck, ND is 100 miles away, with a median of $46,720 and employment of 1,430. That median is 28% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,327, against $41,941 here.

Employment share

Nursing Assistants accounts for 1.3% of wage-and-salary employment in Minot, ND (430 of 33,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.93% of employment (1,448,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.39 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Minot, ND · Nursing Assistants by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Nursing Assistants make in Minot, ND?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nursing Assistants in Minot, ND is $36,500. The 10th percentile is $35,130 and the 90th percentile is $47,500. Employment is 430.

How does that compare with the national median for Nursing Assistants?

The local median is 13.6% lower than the national median of $42,260.

What is Nursing Assistants pay in Minot, ND after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minot, ND is 87.028, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,500 is $41,941. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Minot, ND compare with nearby metros for Nursing Assistants?

Bismarck, ND is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 100 miles away, at $46,720. Minot, ND ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.