How much do Registered Nurses make in Minot, ND?

Percentile spread

For Registered Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $64,990 and the 90th percentile is $95,290. The difference is $30,300, which is 37.6% 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 $65,990 to the 75th at $83,470, covers $17,480.

The mean annual wage is $79,490, which sits below the median of $80,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minot, ND median is 17.5% lower than the national median of $97,550 for Registered Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,487, which is 5.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.3% lower than the North Dakota median of $80,730.

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 $80,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Registered Nurses at $92,487 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 Registered Nurses. 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 $81,120 and employment of 2,400. That median is 0.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,119, against $92,487 here.

Employment share

Registered Nurses accounts for 1.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Minot, ND (620 of 33,260). Nationally the occupation is 2.2% of employment (3,379,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 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.