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Wellhead Pumpers pay in North Dakota and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Wellhead Pumpers is $79,820 per year in North Dakota. It is $57,200 per year in Wyoming. North Dakota is 39.5% above Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7073 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 1,540 wage and salary jobs in North Dakota and 490 in Wyoming. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings