Rochester, MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Rochester, MN moved from $59,220 in May 2024 to $60,620 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Rochester, MN sits -0.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Rochester, MN
General and Operations Managers publishes $85,650 here versus $105,770 nationally (-19.0%; 2,020metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $39,270 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+9.7%).
- General and Operations Managers$85,650 in Rochester, MN sits 19.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,020 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$39,270 in Rochester, MN sits 9.7% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (4,260 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$34,960 in Rochester, MN sits 6.3% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,600 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$101,660 in Rochester, MN sits 4.2% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (6,390 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Rochester, MN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40340 · Rochester, MN $69K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #51/528
- RPP-LOW 90.8
- OCC-MID 310 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $463K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Amherst Town-Nor…
- BOOK-FULL 305 rows · May 2025
Read with Amherst Town-Northampton, MA (+$52 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 Rochester, MN
Where Rochester, MN already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Rochester, MN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 1,840 jobs · $134,450
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 760 jobs · $131,110
- 3. Physician Assistants 480 jobs · $137,340
- 4. Pharmacists 440 jobs · $164,250
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 430 jobs · $177,620
- 6. Financial Managers 390 jobs · $158,570
- 7. Administrative Services Managers 340 jobs · $131,130
- 8. Sales Managers 260 jobs · $127,500
- 9. Lawyers 210 jobs · $129,270
- 10. Chief Executives 190 jobs · $194,700
- 11. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 150 jobs · $160,960
- 12. Emergency Medicine Physicians 140 jobs · $462,850
- 13. Psychiatrists 130 jobs · $341,540
- 14. Marketing Managers 120 jobs · $175,280
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $356,770
- 16. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $211,190
- 17. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $140,800
- 18. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 100 jobs · $393,340
Occupations Tracked
310
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$69,470
employment-weighted, 305 complete rows
Top Salary
$462,850
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
90.8
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Rochester, MN, 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 | Software Developers | $134,450 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $131,110 |
| 3 | Physician Assistants | $137,340 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $164,250 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $177,620 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $158,570 |
| 7 | Administrative Services Managers | $131,130 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $127,500 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $129,270 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $194,700 |
| 11 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $160,960 |
| 12 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $462,850 |
| 13 | Psychiatrists | $341,540 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $175,280 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $356,770 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $211,190 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $140,800 |
| 18 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $393,340 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $201,420 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $168,910 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $171,340 |
| 22 | Natural Sciences Managers | $127,920 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $130,000 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $144,810 |
| 25 | Physicians, All Other | $367,320 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Rochester, MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,060 |
| Bartenders | $27,000 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,810 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,270 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,120 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $30,320 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $31,190 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $32,690 |
| Dishwashers | $32,790 |
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 ($69,470 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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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.