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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