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<p style="line-height: 1.6;">Fargo Moorhead&rsquo;s business environment is evolving rapidly, adding new expertise, facilities and capacity every day. Businesses here are benefiting from world-class education and research, unique advanced facilities, strong industry-university partnerships, sophisticated business infrastructure, and hardworking, skilled and productive employees. Our companies are growing, competing globally and profiting in a community that is fully engaged in deliberate, cooperative and business-focused planning and execution.</p>

Population by Educational Attainment

Industry Characteristics

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Population Trend and Forecast

Population Growth Comparison

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Population by Age Cohort

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Unemployment and Labor Force Participation Rates

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Annual Wage Ranges by Occupation (25th-75th Percentile)

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Job Postings 30-Day Trend

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Job Postings by Industry

Top 20 Companies Currently Hiring

Largest Industry Comparison

Healthcare & Social Services Snapshot

Retail Trade Snapshot

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Construction Snapshot

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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529;">This report includes 20,049 data points from 38 measures, collected from sources described below. We also estimated 0 data points based on our&nbsp;<a style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #303548;" href="http://fargo-edc.eimpactv2.report/reports/edit/60aaa55eaa124a00376b27b6">estimation and projection methodology</a>.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529;">Some of the summary data included in the report may not include suppressed data. Data suppression occurs in cases where private, identifying information would be disclosed. In most cases, this does not impact the total values presented in the report, but in cases where there are small industries or areas, data suppressions may reduce the accuracy of the data we can display.</p>
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Industry	2024 Jobs	2024 Average Earnings Per Worker	2024 LQ (Industry Concentration)	2019 Jobs	2019-2024 % Change in Jobs	2024 GRP
Health Care and Social Assistance	28,213	$75,734	1.25	27,430	2.86%	2414.27M
Government	20,972	$78,516	0.93	20,361	3%	1883.79M
Retail Trade	18,560	$42,603	1.05	18,520	0.22%	1527.37M
Finance and Insurance		$82,209	1.12		11.18%	2167.15M
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		$59,881	1.14		47.39%	963.82M
Accommodation and Food Services		$27,996	0.94		0.29%	581.82M
Construction		$85,575	1.16		18.55%	1418.24M
Manufacturing		$85,531	1.05		18.62%	2064.49M
Transportation and Warehousing		$57,033	0.97		41.49%	799.47M
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services		$81,144			9.08%	1093.58M
Wholesale Trade		$104,231	1.55		4.44%	2294.18M
Other Services (except Public Administration)		$38,650	0.86		6.34%	412.9M
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services		$45,235			3.39%	402.04M
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		$25,561	1.1		16.36%	176.5M
Educational Services		$33,329			-5.48%	139.18M
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting		$66,835	1.06		21.32%	350.86M
Information		$118,171	0.87		-8.59%	831.15M
Management of Companies and Enterprises		$137,223	0.9		34.43%	375.39M
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction		$36,370			55.9%	37.5M
Utilities		$127,855			-3.37%	129.56M