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
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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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