Duluth, MN-WI Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Duluth, MN-WI moved from $48,610 in May 2024 to $50,000 in May 2025 (+2.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Duluth, MN-WI sits -0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Duluth, MN-WI
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $23,150 here versus $35,230 nationally (-34.3%; 2,100metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $85,930 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-18.8%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$23,150 in Duluth, MN-WI sits 34.3% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,100 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$85,930 in Duluth, MN-WI sits 18.8% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,690 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,260 in Duluth, MN-WI sits 6.2% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,910 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$46,820 in Duluth, MN-WI sits 4.0% above the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,590 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Duluth, MN-WI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 20260 · Duluth, MN-WI $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #177/528
- RPP-LOW 88.8
- OCC-MID 372 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $434K
- EMP-MIX Nurse Practi…
- TREND-INLINE -0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Orlando-Kissimme…
- BOOK-FULL 370 rows · May 2025
Read with Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (+$17 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Duluth, MN-WI
Where Duluth, MN-WI already employs the upper wage tier
Nurse Practitioners and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Duluth, MN-WI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Nurse Practitioners 420 jobs · $136,530
- 2. Financial Managers 420 jobs · $126,800
- 3. Pharmacists 330 jobs · $154,860
- 4. Sales Managers 290 jobs · $113,360
- 5. Lawyers 260 jobs · $129,120
- 6. Construction Managers 250 jobs · $108,980
- 7. Chief Executives 240 jobs · $158,260
- 8. Physician Assistants 200 jobs · $135,860
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $149,710
- 10. Administrative Services Managers 180 jobs · $109,870
- 11. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 170 jobs · $123,090
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 170 jobs · $111,630
- 13. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $364,710
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $256,200
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $150,190
- 16. Marketing Managers 100 jobs · $142,080
- 17. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $124,290
- 18. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $200,210
Occupations Tracked
372
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,799
employment-weighted, 370 complete rows
Top Salary
$434,190
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
88.8
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Duluth, MN-WI, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Practitioners | $136,530 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $126,800 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $154,860 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $113,360 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $129,120 |
| 6 | Construction Managers | $108,980 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $158,260 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $135,860 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $149,710 |
| 10 | Administrative Services Managers | $109,870 |
| 11 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $123,090 |
| 12 | Industrial Production Managers | $111,630 |
| 13 | Physicians, All Other | $364,710 |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physicians | $256,200 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $150,190 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $142,080 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $124,290 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $200,210 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $126,650 |
| 20 | Natural Sciences Managers | $113,500 |
| 21 | Nurse Anesthetists | $260,760 |
| 22 | Environmental Engineers | $107,120 |
| 23 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $434,190 |
| 24 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $333,090 |
| 25 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $368,210 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Duluth, MN-WI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,150 |
| Bartenders | $23,540 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,900 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,000 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,260 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,710 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $29,910 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $29,960 |
| Dishwashers | $30,220 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MN
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside MN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($60,799 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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