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Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products pay in Grand Forks, ND-MN and New Orleans-Metairie, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products is $48,700 per year in Grand Forks, ND-MN. It is $37,650 per year in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. Grand Forks, ND-MN is 29.3% above New Orleans-Metairie, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 45-2041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Grand Forks, ND-MN and 70 in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.