Mankato, MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Mankato, MN moved from $48,060 in May 2024 to $49,530 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Mankato, MN sits -0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Mankato, MN
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $37,560 here versus $35,800 nationally (+4.9%; 3,170metro-area jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,560 in Mankato, MN sits 4.9% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,170 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Mankato, MN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31860 · Mankato, MN $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #202/528
- RPP-LOW 91.0
- OCC-MID 246 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $422K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Vineland, NJ
- BOOK-MOST 234 rows · May 2025
Read with Vineland, NJ (+$25 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 Mankato, MN
Where Mankato, MN already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Mankato, MN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 250 jobs · $111,560
- 2. Financial Managers 210 jobs · $134,710
- 3. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $131,330
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $138,580
- 5. Lawyers 140 jobs · $130,020
- 6. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $171,460
- 7. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $157,010
- 8. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $421,630
- 9. Marketing Managers 70 jobs · $155,360
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $142,390
- 11. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $142,020
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 70 jobs · $113,570
- 13. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $207,000
- 14. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $147,830
- 15. Facilities Managers 60 jobs · $109,160
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $158,750
- 17. Veterinarians 50 jobs · $134,110
- 18. Civil Engineers 50 jobs · $128,220
Occupations Tracked
246
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,860
employment-weighted, 234 complete rows
Top Salary
$421,630
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.0
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Mankato, MN, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Mankato, MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,330 |
| Bartenders | $24,710 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,730 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $28,930 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,060 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $29,640 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $30,000 |
| Dishwashers | $30,690 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $31,760 |
| Bakers | $33,080 |
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 ($59,860 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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How to use Mankato, MN wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Mankato, MN at $421,630/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,860 adjusts to about $65,813 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.0. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MN before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.