Cass County · North Dakota
Fargo, ND jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Fargo, ND earn a median of $40,544 a year, 9% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 3.9% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 28.7% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $40,544#64 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 75%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 76,042Civilian employed, age 16+
What Fargo does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance28.7%
- Retail trade11.2%
- Professional, scientific & management10.7%
- Manufacturing9.4%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.4%
- Finance, insurance & real estate7.7%
- Construction6%
- Other services, except public administration4.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities3.7%
- Wholesale trade3.3%
- Public administration3.2%
- Information1.3%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining1.2%
Related data for Fargo
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.
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