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
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$43,400	3,790	View salary detail
Security Guards	$43,380	14,440	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$43,360	2,820	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$43,000	460	View salary detail
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers	$42,940	200	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$42,940	7,660	View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	$42,600	70	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Aides	$42,330	150	View salary detail
Fashion Designers	$42,110	420	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$41,800	2,000	View salary detail
Animal Trainers	$41,690	300	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$41,670	40	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$41,640	670	View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,480	100	View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,100	90	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,960	7,340	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$40,310	5,460	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$40,300	3,550	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$40,280	1,110	View salary detail
Bakers	$40,210	2,660	View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical	$39,970	1,770	View salary detail
Telemarketers	$39,850	650	View salary detail
Real Estate Brokers	$39,850	—	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$39,810	6,500	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$39,610	42,300	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers	$39,590	30	View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$39,170	5,320	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$38,930	1,890	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$38,590	790	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$38,590	26,080	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$38,350	940	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$38,330	670	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$38,330	670	View salary detail
Firefighters	$38,110	5,810	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$38,080	1,200	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$37,660	6,050	View salary detail
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,600	370	View salary detail
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$37,580	4,460	View salary detail
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$37,580	3,530	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$37,510	7,940	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$37,510	11,800	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$37,470	1,230	View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$37,470	14,890	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$37,430	550	View salary detail
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$37,410	—	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$37,190	580	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,120	40,270	View salary detail
Concierges	$36,880	—	View salary detail
Cooks, All Other	$36,850	80	View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers	$36,810	420	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.