Operations Research Analyst Salary in North Dakota

How much does an Operations Research Analyst make in North Dakota?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for an Operations Research Analyst in North Dakota is $68,480 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $33.

However, an Operations Research Analyst's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $82,798
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $63,179 to $75,975
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $58,353

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Operations Research Analyst Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$75,975	$6,331	$1,461	$37
Average	$68,480	$5,707	$1,317	$33
25th Percentile	$63,179	$5,265	$1,215	$30

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Key Factors That Influence Operations Research Analyst Salaries

An Operations Research Analyst's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Operations Research Analyst Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Operations Research Analyst's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $67,929
Early Career (1-2 years): $84,130
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $96,916
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $111,319
Expert (over 8 years): $130,422

Levels	Salary
Operation... Level Operations Research Analyst	$67,929
Operation... Level Operations Research Analyst	$84,130
Operation... Level Operations Research Analyst	$96,916
Operation... Level Operations Research Analyst	$111,319
Operation... Level Operations Research Analyst	$130,422

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How Do Operations Research Analyst Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Operations Research Analysts. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $76,757.
California: $76,466.
Massachusetts: $75,447.

District of Columbia $76,757 California $76,466 Massachusetts $75,447 Washington $75,170 New Jersey $75,142 Alaska $75,045 Connecticut $74,088 New York $73,700

Hawaii $72,459 Rhode Island $71,877 Maryland $71,482 Minnesota $70,941 Colorado $70,733 Illinois $70,663 Oregon $70,400 Delaware $70,206

New Hampshire $70,084 Virginia $69,811 Pennsylvania $69,014 Nevada $68,611 North Dakota $68,480 Michigan $68,272 Wisconsin $68,195 Vermont $68,043

Texas $67,620 Maine $67,592 Arizona $67,551 Ohio $67,502 Georgia $66,864 Indiana $66,546 Wyoming $66,483 Utah $66,386

Iowa $66,345 Kansas $66,012 Louisiana $65,915 North Carolina $65,880 Missouri $65,866 Florida $65,596 Montana $65,450 Nebraska $65,312

Kentucky $65,235 South Carolina $64,958 Tennessee $64,785 Idaho $64,715 New Mexico $64,209 Oklahoma $64,098 Alabama $63,689 South Dakota $63,003

Arkansas $62,629 West Virginia $62,428 Mississippi $61,824

Top Paying Cities for Operations Research Analysts

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Epping: $67,904
Fortuna: $67,904
Grenora: $67,904

Epping, ND $67,904 Fortuna, ND $67,904 Grenora, ND $67,904 Keene, ND $67,904 Ray, ND $67,904 Tioga, ND $67,904 Trenton, ND $67,904 Watford City, ND $67,904

Zahl, ND $67,904 Stirum, ND $65,700 Tower City, ND $65,700 Valley City, ND $65,700 Wahpeton, ND $65,700 Walcott, ND $65,700 West Fargo, ND $66,740 Wheatland, ND $65,700

Wyndmere, ND $65,700 Fargo, ND $66,740 Grand Forks, ND $65,201 Grand Forks Afb, ND $64,854 Adams, ND $64,161 Aneta, ND $64,161 Arvilla, ND $64,507 Bathgate, ND $64,161

Buxton, ND $64,417 Caledonia, ND $64,826 Cavalier, ND $64,161 Crystal, ND $64,161 Cummings, ND $64,535 Dahlen, ND $64,161 Drayton, ND $64,161 Edinburg, ND $64,161

Emerado, ND $64,923 Fairdale, ND $64,161 Almont, ND $67,904 Baldwin, ND $68,944 Beulah, ND $67,904 Braddock, ND $67,904 Cannon Ball, ND $67,904 Carson, ND $67,904

Center, ND $67,904 Coleharbor, ND $67,904 Driscoll, ND $67,904 Elgin, ND $67,904 Flasher, ND $67,904 Fort Yates, ND $67,904 Garrison, ND $67,904 Golden Valley, ND $67,904

Hague, ND $67,904 Hazelton, ND $67,904 Hazen, ND $67,904 Drake, ND $67,904 Kintyre, ND $67,904 Linton, ND $67,904 Mandan, ND $68,944 Menoken, ND $68,944

Mercer, ND $67,904 Moffit, ND $67,974 Napoleon, ND $67,904 New Leipzig, ND $67,904 New Salem, ND $67,904 Raleigh, ND $67,904 Riverdale, ND $67,904 Saint Anthony, ND $68,251

Selfridge, ND $67,904 Shields, ND $67,904 Solen, ND $67,904 Stanton, ND $67,904 Sterling, ND $68,182 Strasburg, ND $67,904 Turtle Lake, ND $67,904 Underwood, ND $67,904

Washburn, ND $67,904 Wilton, ND $68,182 Zap, ND $67,904 Zeeland, ND $67,904 Dickinson, ND $67,904 Amidon, ND $67,904 Beach, ND $67,904 Belfield, ND $67,904

Bowman, ND $64,279 Dodge, ND $67,904 Dunn Center, ND $67,904 Fairfield, ND $67,904 Gladstone, ND $67,904 Glen Ullin, ND $67,904 Golva, ND $67,904 Grassy Butte, ND $67,904

Halliday, ND $67,904 Hebron, ND $67,904 Hettinger, ND $67,904 Killdeer, ND $67,904 Lefor, ND $67,904 Manning, ND $67,904 Marmarth, ND $64,279 Marshall, ND $67,904

Medora, ND $67,904 Mott, ND $67,904 New England, ND $67,904 Reeder, ND $67,904 Regent, ND $67,904 Rhame, ND $64,279 Richardton, ND $67,904 Scranton, ND $67,904

Sentinel Butte, ND $67,904 South Heart, ND $67,904 Taylor, ND $67,904 Minot, ND $67,904 Minot Afb, ND $67,904 Anamoose, ND $67,904 Antler, ND $67,904 Balfour, ND $67,904

Bantry, ND $67,904 Benedict, ND $67,904 Berthold, ND $67,904 Bowbells, ND $67,904 Burlington, ND $67,904 Butte, ND $67,904 Carpio, ND $67,904 Columbus, ND $67,904

Crosby, ND $67,904 Deering, ND $67,904 Des Lacs, ND $67,904 Donnybrook, ND $67,904 Douglas, ND $67,904 Finley, ND $64,161 Fordville, ND $64,161 Forest River, ND $64,161

Gilby, ND $64,369 Glasston, ND $64,161 Grafton, ND $64,161 Hamilton, ND $64,161 Hannah, ND $64,161 Hatton, ND $64,161 Hensel, ND $64,161 Hoople, ND $64,161

Inkster, ND $64,161 Langdon, ND $64,161 Lankin, ND $64,161 Larimore, ND $64,161 Mcville, ND $64,161 Maida, ND $64,161 Manvel, ND $65,062 Mayville, ND $64,369

Mekinock, ND $64,785 Michigan, ND $64,161 Milton, ND $64,161 Minto, ND $64,161 Mountain, ND $64,161 Neche, ND $64,161 Niagara, ND $64,161 Northwood, ND $64,161

Osnabrock, ND $64,161 Park River, ND $64,161 Pembina, ND $64,161 Petersburg, ND $64,161 Pisek, ND $64,161 Portland, ND $64,383 Reynolds, ND $64,715 Saint Thomas, ND $64,161

Sharon, ND $64,161 Thompson, ND $65,201 Wales, ND $64,161 Walhalla, ND $64,161 Devils Lake, ND $64,161 Agate, ND $66,033 Alsen, ND $64,161 Balta, ND $67,904

Belcourt, ND $66,033 Bisbee, ND $64,161 Bottineau, ND $67,904 Bremen, ND $67,904 Brocket, ND $64,161 Calvin, ND $64,161 Cando, ND $64,161 Churchs Ferry, ND $64,161

Crary, ND $64,161 Dunseith, ND $66,033 Edmore, ND $64,161 Abercrombie, ND $65,700 Absaraka, ND $65,700 Amenia, ND $66,046 Argusville, ND $66,670 Arthur, ND $65,908

Ayr, ND $65,700 Barney, ND $65,700 Blanchard, ND $65,111 Buffalo, ND $65,700 Casselton, ND $66,116 Cayuga, ND $65,700 Christine, ND $65,769 Clifford, ND $65,069

Cogswell, ND $65,700 Colfax, ND $65,700 Davenport, ND $66,185 Enderlin, ND $65,700 Erie, ND $65,700 Fairmount, ND $65,700 Fingal, ND $65,700 Forman, ND $65,700

Fort Ransom, ND $65,700 Galesburg, ND $65,409 Gardner, ND $66,254 Bismarck, ND $68,944 Grandin, ND $65,672 Egeland, ND $64,161 Esmond, ND $67,904 Fort Totten, ND $64,161

Hampden, ND $64,161 Hansboro, ND $64,161 Harvey, ND $67,904 Knox, ND $66,033 Lakota, ND $64,161 Lawton, ND $64,161 Leeds, ND $66,033 Maddock, ND $67,904

Minnewaukan, ND $66,033 Munich, ND $64,161 Mylo, ND $66,033 Nekoma, ND $64,161 New Rockford, ND $66,033 Oberon, ND $66,033 Pekin, ND $64,161 Penn, ND $64,161

Perth, ND $64,161 Rocklake, ND $64,161 Rolette, ND $66,033 Rolla, ND $64,161 Rugby, ND $67,904 Saint John, ND $66,033 Saint Michael, ND $64,161 Sarles, ND $64,161

Sheyenne, ND $66,033 Starkweather, ND $64,161 Tokio, ND $64,161 Tolna, ND $64,161 Warwick, ND $64,161 Webster, ND $64,161 Willow City, ND $67,904 Wolford, ND $66,033

York, ND $66,033 Jamestown, ND $66,802 Ashley, ND $67,904 Berlin, ND $65,700 Binford, ND $64,161 Bowdon, ND $67,904 Buchanan, ND $66,802 Carrington, ND $67,904

Cathay, ND $67,904 Chaseley, ND $67,904 Cleveland, ND $67,904 Cooperstown, ND $64,161 Courtenay, ND $64,930 Dawson, ND $67,904 Dazey, ND $64,930 Denhoff, ND $67,904

Dickey, ND $65,700 Edgeley, ND $66,802 Ellendale, ND $65,700 Fessenden, ND $67,904 Forbes, ND $66,802 Fredonia, ND $67,904 Fullerton, ND $65,700 Gackle, ND $67,904

Glenfield, ND $64,161 Goodrich, ND $67,904 Grace City, ND $64,161 Hannaford, ND $64,930 Hurdsfield, ND $67,904 Jessie, ND $64,161 Jud, ND $67,904 Kensal, ND $64,930

Kulm, ND $67,904 Lamoure, ND $65,700 Lehr, ND $67,904 Litchville, ND $65,700 Mcclusky, ND $67,904 Mchenry, ND $64,161 Marion, ND $65,700 Medina, ND $67,904

Montpelier, ND $65,700 Oakes, ND $65,700 Pettibone, ND $67,904 Pingree, ND $67,904 Regan, ND $68,043 Robinson, ND $67,904 Rogers, ND $65,700 Sanborn, ND $65,700

Spiritwood, ND $65,700 Steele, ND $67,904 Streeter, ND $67,904 Sutton, ND $64,161 Sykeston, ND $67,904 Tappen, ND $67,904 Tuttle, ND $67,904 Verona, ND $65,700

Wimbledon, ND $64,930 Wing, ND $67,904 Wishek, ND $67,904 Woodworth, ND $67,904 Ypsilanti, ND $65,700 Gwinner, ND $65,700 Hankinson, ND $65,700 Harwood, ND $66,740

Havana, ND $65,700 Hillsboro, ND $64,930 Hope, ND $64,930 Horace, ND $66,601 Hunter, ND $65,700 Kathryn, ND $65,700 Kindred, ND $65,977 Leonard, ND $65,700

Lidgerwood, ND $65,700 Lisbon, ND $65,700 Luverne, ND $64,930 Mcleod, ND $65,700 Mantador, ND $65,700 Mapleton, ND $66,670 Milnor, ND $65,700 Mooreton, ND $65,700

Nome, ND $65,700 Oriska, ND $65,700 Page, ND $65,700 Pillsbury, ND $65,700 Rutland, ND $65,700 Sheldon, ND $65,700 Flaxton, ND $67,904 Glenburn, ND $67,904

Granville, ND $67,904 Karlsruhe, ND $67,904 Kenmare, ND $67,904 Kramer, ND $67,904 Lansford, ND $67,904 Lignite, ND $67,904 Mcgregor, ND $67,904 Makoti, ND $67,904

Mandaree, ND $67,904 Martin, ND $67,904 Max, ND $67,904 Maxbass, ND $67,904 Mohall, ND $67,904 Newburg, ND $67,904 New Town, ND $67,904 Noonan, ND $67,904

Norwich, ND $67,904 Palermo, ND $67,904 Parshall, ND $67,904 Plaza, ND $67,904 Portal, ND $67,904 Powers Lake, ND $67,904 Roseglen, ND $67,904 Ross, ND $67,904

Ruso, ND $67,904 Ryder, ND $67,904 Sawyer, ND $67,904 Sherwood, ND $67,904 Souris, ND $67,904 Stanley, ND $67,904 Surrey, ND $67,904 Tolley, ND $67,904

Towner, ND $67,904 Upham, ND $67,904 Velva, ND $67,904 Voltaire, ND $67,904 Westhope, ND $67,904 White Earth, ND $67,904 Wildrose, ND $67,904 Williston, ND $67,904

Alamo, ND $67,904 Alexander, ND $67,904 Ambrose, ND $67,904 Arnegard, ND $67,904 Cartwright, ND $67,904

Operations Research Analyst Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Operations Research Analyst's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on April 01, 2026

$63,179

Average $68,480/year

$75,975

$5,265

Average $5,707/month

$6,331

$1,215

Average $1,317/week

$1,461

$30

Average $33/hour

$37

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$75,975	$6,331	$1,461	$37
Average	$68,480	$5,707	$1,317	$33
25th Percentile	$63,179	$5,265	$1,215	$30

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