Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Minnesota

838 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Minnesota for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,590	2,230	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$49,580	2,860	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$49,570	360	View salary detail
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$49,450	—	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$49,410	1,350	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$49,410	1,350	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$49,410	1,350	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$49,130	2,880	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$49,030	950	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,980	2,540	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$48,940	13,110	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$48,920	1,160	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$48,880	17,360	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$48,810	60	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$48,800	53,340	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$48,770	3,410	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$48,770	21,530	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$48,740	2,340	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$48,740	410	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$48,640	340	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,560	4,960	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$48,520	900	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$48,400	1,150	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$48,390	1,710	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$48,300	7,340	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$48,130	1,400	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$48,100	260	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$48,090	3,160	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$48,050	4,680	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$48,020	1,490	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$48,010	3,020	View salary detail
Animal Breeders	$47,900	170	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,890	13,210	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$47,840	55,530	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$47,800	480	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$47,740	650	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$47,610	170	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$47,560	1,260	View salary detail
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	$47,540	30	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$47,430	200	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$47,260	890	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,250	1,410	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$47,210	100	View salary detail
Extraction Workers, All Other	$47,070	40	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$47,030	5,790	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$47,020	3,550	View salary detail
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,010	110	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$46,930	380	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$46,910	100	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$46,790	330	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.