Metro area · ND
Fargo, ND
Fargo, ND is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 22 tracked employers at a $92,500 median H-1B wage across 310 LCAs.
- 22
- Employers
- $92,500
- Median H-1B wage
- 310
- H-1B filings
Fargo, ND: 22 tracked employers at a $92,500 median H-1B wage across 310 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Fargo, ND (ND), PlainEmployers rolls up 22 employers at a $92,500 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.
- 22 employers
- $92,500 median H-1B
- 310 H-1B LCAs
Where Fargo, ND's median H-1B wage sits nationally
Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row
$92,500 Top 78% higher than 22% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Metro Labor Presence
Fargo, ND (22 employers) sits beside Bismarck, ND, Grand Forks, ND, Dickinson, ND in ND's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Fargo, ND ranks #524 of 6906 by employer count (about the 92nd percentile).
What the data says about Fargo, ND
Corpus placement: Fargo, ND ranks #524 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 92nd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 10 of 22 tracked employers (~45%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Caresoft Global Technologies Inc, North Dakota State University, and Sanford Clinic (166 filings combined, ~54% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Fargo, ND: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.
Headline sponsors: Caresoft Global Technologies Inc, North Dakota State University, and Sanford Clinic, together 166 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Fargo, ND reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 45% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.
Caresoft Global Technologies Inc plus North Dakota State University account for about 54% of Fargo, ND's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Fargo, ND in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.
Within ND, Fargo, ND is among denser labor markets versus Bismarck, ND (13 employers); Grand Forks, ND (6 employers); Dickinson, ND (5 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.
Top employers in Fargo, ND
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caresoft Global Technologies Inc Professional & Technical Services | 66 | $94,869 |
| 2 | North Dakota State University Educational Services | 51 | $62,000 |
| 3 | Sanford Clinic Healthcare & Social Assistance | 49 | $152,339 |
| 4 | Sanford Healthcare & Social Assistance | 40 | $52,874 |
| 5 | Sanford Health Healthcare & Social Assistance | 39 | $68,848 |
| 6 | Sanford Medical Center Fargo Healthcare & Social Assistance | 12 | $88,858 |
| 7 | Infonero INC Professional & Technical Services | 11 | $88,525 |
| 8 | Knack NY INC Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $82,139 |
| 9 | Innovis Health, LLC Healthcare & Social Assistance | 7 | - |
| 10 | Doosan Bobcat North America, Inc. Manufacturing | 4 | $120,943 |
| 11 | Ulteig Engineers, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 4 | $165,100 |
| 12 | Aldevron, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 3 | $142,000 |
| 13 | Doucet & Associates, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 2 | $115,523 |
| 14 | Choice Financial Group Finance & Insurance | 2 | $129,125 |
| 15 | Fargo Engineering, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 2 | $160,000 |
| 16 | Swanson Health Products Inc. Retail Trade | 2 | $125,000 |
| 17 | Brady Martz & Associates, P.C. Professional & Technical Services | 1 | $62,863 |
| 18 | Capstone Classical Academy Educational Services | 1 | - |
| 19 | Elinor Coatings, LLC Manufacturing | 1 | $98,684 |
| 20 | Gnomon Technology LLC Professional & Technical Services | 1 | $67,704 |
| 21 | Krista Johnson DMD PLLC Healthcare & Social Assistance | 1 | $208,000 |
| 22 | Network & Technology Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $63,398 |
| 23 | NDUS System Information Technology Services | 1 | $112,773 |
| 24 | Wanzek Construction, Inc. | 1 | $110,885 |
| 25 | Flintfox North America, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 1 | $180,000 |
Sources, citation, and related links for Fargo, ND
Disclaimer: The Fargo, ND overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.
PlainEmployers renders Fargo, ND from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.