SOC 47-5013 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas make in Minot, ND?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas in Minot, ND is $59,400. The 10th percentile is $37,300 and the 90th percentile is $77,840. Employment is 380.
Median annual wage
$59,400
- 10th percentile
- $37,300
- 25th percentile
- $46,150
- Median
- $59,400
- 75th percentile
- $60,970
- 90th percentile
- $77,840
- Mean
- $57,080
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $37,300 and the 90th percentile is $77,840. The difference is $40,540, which is 68.2% 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 $46,150 to the 75th at $60,970, covers $14,820.
The mean annual wage is $57,080, which sits below the median of $59,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Minot, ND median is 2.1% higher than the national median of $58,160 for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,254, which is 17.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2.3% lower than the North Dakota median of $60,810.
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 $59,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas at $68,254 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Minot, ND (380 of 33,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (43,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 41.18 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 · Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 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 Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas make in Minot, ND?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas in Minot, ND is $59,400. The 10th percentile is $37,300 and the 90th percentile is $77,840. Employment is 380.
How does that compare with the national median for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas?
The local median is 2.1% higher than the national median of $58,160.
What is Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 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 $59,400 is $68,254. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.