St. Cloud, MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in St. Cloud, MN moved from $49,820 in May 2024 to $50,840 in May 2025 (+2.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- St. Cloud, MN sits -1.1 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in St. Cloud, MN
General and Operations Managers publishes $89,700 here versus $105,770 nationally (-15.2%; 2,340metro-area jobs). Next is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $45,480 locally versus $40,240 nationally (+13.0%).
- General and Operations Managers$89,700 in St. Cloud, MN sits 15.2% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,340 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$45,480 in St. Cloud, MN sits 13.0% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,230 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$105,290 in St. Cloud, MN sits 7.9% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,910 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$61,960 in St. Cloud, MN sits 5.7% above the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,140 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for St. Cloud, MN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41060 · St. Cloud, MN $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #145/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.6
- OCC-MID 326 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $592K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Crestview-Fort W…
- BOOK-FULL 324 rows · May 2025
Read with Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL ($42 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 St. Cloud, MN
Where St. Cloud, MN already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside St. Cloud, MN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 490 jobs · $135,760
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 400 jobs · $121,040
- 3. Sales Managers 340 jobs · $124,290
- 4. Lawyers 300 jobs · $118,860
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $131,520
- 6. Pharmacists 230 jobs · $147,530
- 7. Chief Executives 210 jobs · $184,610
- 8. Marketing Managers 200 jobs · $134,650
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 190 jobs · $142,510
- 10. Physicians, All Other 180 jobs · $391,660
- 11. Physician Assistants 170 jobs · $132,650
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 140 jobs · $125,670
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 130 jobs · $249,300
- 14. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $135,250
- 15. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $208,000
- 16. Managers, All Other 70 jobs · $124,160
- 17. Pediatricians, General 60 jobs · $298,830
- 18. Veterinarians 60 jobs · $121,400
Occupations Tracked
326
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,490
employment-weighted, 324 complete rows
Top Salary
$591,740
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
87.6
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in St. Cloud, 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 | Financial Managers | $135,760 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $121,040 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $124,290 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $118,860 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,520 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $147,530 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $184,610 |
| 8 | Marketing Managers | $134,650 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $142,510 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $391,660 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $132,650 |
| 12 | Administrative Services Managers | $125,670 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $249,300 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $135,250 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $208,000 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $124,160 |
| 17 | Pediatricians, General | $298,830 |
| 18 | Veterinarians | $121,400 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $151,820 |
| 20 | Anesthesiologists | $591,740 |
| 21 | Surgeons, All Other | $503,740 |
| 22 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $122,700 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $131,960 |
| 24 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $390,420 |
| 25 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $276,550 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in St. Cloud, MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,520 |
| Bartenders | $25,970 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,560 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,580 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,680 |
| Dishwashers | $29,830 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $30,690 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $31,010 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,520 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $31,560 |
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 ($62,490 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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.