Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI are those of neurologist, with an average annual salary of $236,110. The second highest-paying jobs are those of nurse anesthetists, with an average salary of $221,280.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Neurologists	$236,110	$97,290	140
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$221,280	$166,530	1,360
3	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$218,320	$107,180	110
4	General Pediatricians	$213,860	$134,170	440
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$203,400	$109,650	430
6	Chief Executives	$196,180	$89,480	4,940
7	General Dentists	$185,930	$92,570	1,510
8	Other Specialists Dentists	$180,460	$58,640	40
9	Family Medicine Physicians	$169,100	$80,000	1,520
10	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$168,540	$66,410	80
11	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$166,130	$118,560	410
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$164,430	$110,360	3,510
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$163,690	$103,850	7,520
14	Marketing Managers	$163,330	$94,170	6,590
15	Air Traffic Controllers	$159,390	$87,340	510
16	Optometrists	$151,890	$93,210	550
17	Lawyers	$148,090	$79,150	8,960
18	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$145,800	$101,120	2,600
19	Podiatrists	$144,940	$66,960	70
20	Pharmacists	$138,430	$111,070	4,260
21	Financial Managers	$137,500	$86,540	11,600
22	Natural Sciences Managers	$136,900	$88,550	940
23	Human Resources Managers	$135,850	$83,440	2,980
24	Sales Managers	$134,420	$78,980	6,850
25	All Other Managers	$133,730	$77,880	4,720
26	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$133,100	$91,360	350
27	Purchasing Managers	$132,370	$94,990	1,270
28	Computer Network Architects	$131,250	$85,300	2,290
29	Physician Assistants	$129,830	$103,680	1,620
30	Aerospace Engineers	$129,070	$72,690	310
31	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$127,520	$70,300	2,550
32	Public Relations Managers	$127,290	$79,470	910
33	Database Architects	$126,990	$86,460	480
34	Nurse Practitioners	$126,360	$104,270	2,760
35	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$125,400	$84,880	130
36	Other Life Scientists	$124,800	$63,450	70
37	Administrative Services Managers	$123,950	$77,110	4,270
38	Nurse Midwives	$123,180	$102,060	170
39	Commercial Pilots	$121,600	$97,250	870
40	Mining and Geological Engineers	$121,060	$79,790	50
41	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$120,180	$74,780	390
42	Funeral Home Managers	$119,070	$52,950	90
43	Engineers, All Other	$118,890	$75,500	1,240
44	Training and Development Managers	$117,840	$75,450	620
45	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$115,080	$76,880	110
46	Physicists	$114,840	$49,460	60
47	Industrial Production Managers	$113,920	$74,560	3,590
48	Information Security Analysts	$113,120	$75,820	2,330
49	Software Developers	$113,070	$77,800	29,450
50	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$111,650	$87,690	100
51	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$111,220	$82,340	40
52	Computer Programmers	$110,880	$71,960	1,690
53	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$108,420	$87,770	1,220
54	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$107,600	$70,490	2,140
55	Biomedical Engineers	$107,230	$65,340	720
56	Computer Hardware Engineers	$107,210	$82,510	310
57	Data Scientists	$107,120	$77,170	1,450
58	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$106,820	$66,710	70
59	Sales Engineers	$106,790	$64,830	560
60	Computer Systems Analysts	$106,720	$65,520	11,580
61	Actuaries	$106,350	$79,310	800
62	Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,980	$76,480	5,880
63	Other Education Administrators	$105,310	$60,000	590
64	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$104,550	$75,530	500
65	Food Scientists and Technologists	$104,300	$64,340	360
66	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$104,150	$63,690	380
67	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$104,070	$58,000	160
68	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$104,000	$66,870	100
69	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$103,920	$73,260	720
70	Environmental Science Teachers	$103,050	$61,740	60
71	Power Plant Operators	$103,030	$59,880	270
72	Veterinarians	$102,940	$78,620	1,120
73	Fundraising Managers	$102,750	$73,040	380
74	Mechanical Insulation Workers	$101,720	$60,680	460
75	All Other Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners	$101,660	$61,070	390
76	Economists	$101,500	$66,880	160
77	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$101,400	$65,260	1,740
78	Electrical Engineers	$101,220	$69,260	2,630
79	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$100,510	$61,170	550
80	Financial Risk Specialists	$100,480	$65,450	1,580
81	Construction Managers	$100,200	$71,440	3,750
82	Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers	$100,170	$56,050	50
83	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$100,110	$75,060	590
84	Computer Occupations, All Other	$99,990	$42,500	3,430
85	Art Directors	$99,510	$58,960	960
86	General and Operations Managers	$99,440	$45,960	47,510
87	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$99,380	$62,680	1,280
88	Management Analysts	$99,280	$61,210	18,120
89	Industrial Engineers	$99,190	$64,200	12,080
90	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$99,120	$58,930	320
91	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$98,160	$83,060	170
92	Audiologists	$97,510	$79,170	320
93	Facilities Managers	$97,500	$63,120	1,740
94	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$97,450	$61,260	3,470
95	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$97,280	$66,540	4,570
96	Materials Engineers	$97,110	$60,720	250
97	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$97,040	$54,840	200
98	Environmental Engineers	$96,120	$64,540	600
99	Postsecondary Political Science Teachers	$96,120	$49,000	130
100	Civil Engineers	$96,000	$64,660	2,650

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$207,060
2	Other Physical Scientists	$173,770
3	General Dentists	$167,680
4	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$167,290
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$160,930
6	Marketing Managers	$159,830
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$156,180
8	Air Traffic Controllers	$155,400
9	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$142,740
10	Pharmacists	$131,450

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$205,790
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$205,260
3	Chief Executives	$194,520
4	Air Traffic Controllers	$153,400
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$150,210
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$150,100
7	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$148,440
8	Marketing Managers	$147,360
9	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$136,870
10	Pharmacists	$135,810

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Pediatricians	$202,820
2	General Dentists	$201,950
3	Chief Executives	$191,920
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$180,450
5	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$167,310
6	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$158,960
7	Podiatrists	$155,510
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$147,770
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$145,690
10	Air Traffic Controllers	$141,370

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