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title: "Average Salary in Minnesota"
description: "Mean $71,160, median $56,920 in Minnesota (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/minnesota"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Minnesota

Mean annual wage $71,160, median $56,920 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $57,720 (rank 7 of 51 by that measure; rank 12 nominal).

| Percentile | Minnesota | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $33,540 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $39,680 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $56,920 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $82,520 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $125,730 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 98.6 |
| Housing (rents) | 91.3 |
| Goods | 100.5 |
| Utilities | 90.8 |
| Other services | 100.2 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $126,620 | 203,950 |
| Legal | $105,100 | 21,720 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $104,140 | 95,850 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $98,840 | 196,480 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $96,960 | 57,670 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $83,280 | 206,400 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $83,150 | 32,040 |
| Construction and Extraction | $72,590 | 122,450 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $62,920 | 101,520 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $62,480 | 37,480 |
| Community and Social Service | $61,980 | 61,530 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $59,500 | 169,460 |
| Protective Service | $58,980 | 48,790 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $50,900 | 326,540 |
| Production | $49,290 | 200,570 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $47,560 | 231,390 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $47,540 | 3,730 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $40,840 | 82,320 |
| Healthcare Support | $40,420 | 187,710 |
| Sales | $39,360 | 251,790 |
| Personal Care and Service | $36,650 | 67,990 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $33,860 | 242,430 |

## Most common jobs

- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 74,840 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 72,860 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 70,110 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 58,970 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 58,190 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 55,530 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 54,480 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 53,340 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 42,300 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 40,270 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist): $496,510 median
- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician): $390,940 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $373,700 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $367,320 median
- [Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pathologist): $362,270 median
- [Psychiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatrist): $336,410 median
- [Obstetrician and Gynecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist): $321,910 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $280,030 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $266,190 median
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $226,660 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Prepress Technician and Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/prepress-technician-and-worker): 6.36x the national share
- [Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/adult-basic-education-adult-secondary-education-and-english-as-a-second-language-instructor): 4.06x the national share
- [Marriage and Family Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marriage-and-family-therapist): 3.85x the national share
- [Industrial Engineering Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-engineering-technologist-and-technician): 3.75x the national share
- [Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmic-laboratory-technician): 3.13x the national share
- [Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/food-and-tobacco-roasting-baking-and-drying-machine-operator-and-tender): 2.91x the national share
- [Bioengineer and Biomedical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bioengineer-and-biomedical-engineer): 2.76x the national share
- [Print Binding and Finishing Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/print-binding-and-finishing-worker): 2.71x the national share
- [Stationary Engineer and Boiler Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stationary-engineer-and-boiler-operator): 2.69x the national share
- [Industrial Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-engineer): 2.53x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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