Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $23,590 here versus $35,230 nationally (-33.0%; 3,090metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $78,530 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-25.8%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$23,590 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 33.0% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,090 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$78,530 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 25.8% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,820 published local jobs).
- Bartenders$26,070 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 24.1% below the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (2,400 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$54,310 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 15.3% above the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (2,380 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2700001 · Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $58K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #267/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 419 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $386K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Missoula, MT
- BOOK-FULL 413 rows · May 2025
Read with Missoula, MT ($19 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northwest Minnesota nonmetr…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 580 jobs · $129,290
- 2. Pharmacists 470 jobs · $145,500
- 3. Sales Managers 430 jobs · $122,910
- 4. Lawyers 400 jobs · $128,330
- 5. Construction Managers 370 jobs · $118,250
- 6. Chief Executives 330 jobs · $158,050
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 280 jobs · $159,840
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 280 jobs · $131,110
- 9. Physicians, All Other 180 jobs · $386,090
- 10. Marketing Managers 170 jobs · $129,930
- 11. Dentists, General 160 jobs · $203,220
- 12. Physician Assistants 140 jobs · $143,070
- 13. Human Resources Managers 140 jobs · $119,970
- 14. Veterinarians 130 jobs · $122,970
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 120 jobs · $144,330
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 110 jobs · $278,670
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $218,170
- 18. Managers, All Other 100 jobs · $121,060
Occupations Tracked
419
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,804
employment-weighted, 413 complete rows
Top Salary
$386,090
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, 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 | Financial Managers | $129,290 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $145,500 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $122,910 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $128,330 |
| 5 | Construction Managers | $118,250 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $158,050 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,840 |
| 8 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,110 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $386,090 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $129,930 |
| 11 | Dentists, General | $203,220 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $143,070 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $119,970 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $122,970 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $144,330 |
| 16 | Nurse Anesthetists | $278,670 |
| 17 | Family Medicine Physicians | $218,170 |
| 18 | Managers, All Other | $121,060 |
| 19 | Optometrists | $129,590 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $118,970 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $115,210 |
| 22 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $331,200 |
| 23 | Economists | $134,510 |
| 24 | Information Security Analysts | $117,960 |
| 25 | Computer Network Architects | $116,760 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,590 |
| Bartenders | $26,070 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,520 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,620 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,530 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,100 |
| Dishwashers | $29,320 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,480 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $29,830 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $30,090 |
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 ($57,804 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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- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area at $386,090/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $57,804 across 413 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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 local-area 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.