Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General publishes $58,580 here versus $49,590 nationally (+18.1%; 2,060metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $90,770 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-14.2%).
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$58,580 in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 18.1% above the national Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $49,590 (2,060 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$90,770 in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 14.2% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,500 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$45,360 in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 12.7% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,790 published local jobs).
- Nursing Assistants$45,220 in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits 7.0% above the national Nursing Assistants median of $42,260 (2,110 published local jobs).
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2700004 · Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #231/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 387 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $344K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastern Oregon n…
- BOOK-FULL 381 rows · May 2025
Read with Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area (+$10 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 Southeast Minnesota nonmetr…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 600 jobs · $135,970
- 2. Software Developers 490 jobs · $120,530
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 400 jobs · $118,480
- 4. Sales Managers 390 jobs · $130,970
- 5. Chief Executives 320 jobs · $156,990
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 270 jobs · $154,900
- 7. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $147,330
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $143,790
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 210 jobs · $155,520
- 10. Marketing Managers 210 jobs · $139,860
- 11. Human Resources Managers 190 jobs · $132,070
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 190 jobs · $121,060
- 13. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $139,310
- 14. Veterinarians 130 jobs · $122,320
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $322,360
- 16. Managers, All Other 100 jobs · $130,710
- 17. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $201,760
- 18. Purchasing Managers 70 jobs · $129,170
Occupations Tracked
387
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,726
employment-weighted, 381 complete rows
Top Salary
$344,380
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southeast 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 | $135,970 |
| 2 | Software Developers | $120,530 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $118,480 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $130,970 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $156,990 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $154,900 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $147,330 |
| 8 | Nurse Practitioners | $143,790 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $155,520 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $139,860 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $132,070 |
| 12 | Administrative Services Managers | $121,060 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $139,310 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $122,320 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $322,360 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $130,710 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $201,760 |
| 18 | Purchasing Managers | $129,170 |
| 19 | Data Scientists | $124,400 |
| 20 | Nurse Anesthetists | $276,760 |
| 21 | Engineers, All Other | $118,470 |
| 22 | Physicians, All Other | $344,380 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $150,080 |
| 24 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $336,330 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $114,990 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,620 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $24,570 |
| Bartenders | $26,030 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,370 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $27,510 |
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $28,030 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,140 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,130 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,440 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,550 |
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 ($58,726 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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How to use Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area at $344,380/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $58,726 across 381 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.