The Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area all-occupations median was 6.1% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Home Health and Personal Care Aides had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 5,690.
Among those high-employment rows, Slaughterers and Meat Packers had the highest published location quotient at 21.15. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Home Health and Perso...: 5,690 jobs. Cashiers: 3,810 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Tra...: 3,440 jobs. General and Operation...: 2,750 jobs. Miscellaneous Assembl...: 2,650 jobs. Teaching Assistants,...: 2,650 jobs.
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area wage guide
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 2700003.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $47,880 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 117,590 jobs for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area?
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 5,690 estimated jobs and a published median of $37,070 per year.
Does the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area at $47,880 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 117,590 covered jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. The all-occupations mean is $57,760 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's $47,880 all-occupations median is 6.1% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Where Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits among nonmetro areas
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area ranks 34 of 137 among nonmetro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has 117,590 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
31. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,140 per year and 193,040 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $260.
32. Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,050 per year and 50,170 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $170.
33. Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $47,910 per year and 127,550 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $30.
35. West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $47,670 per year and 249,750 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $210.
36. Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $47,600 per year and 62,870 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $280.
37. Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $47,590 per year and 43,950 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $290.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. The first row, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, has 5,690 estimated jobs. Its median is $37,070 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 5,690 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $37,070 per year. Its location quotient is 1.75.
2. Cashiers has 3,810 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $30,810 per year. Its location quotient is 1.63.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
The detailed roles shown for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area do not share one pay level. Registered Nurses has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $89,100 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $47,880 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Registered Nurses has a published median of $89,100 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,400 jobs. Its local share is 0.94 times the national share.
2. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $82,460 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,750 jobs. Its local share is 1.04 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Slaughterers and Meat Packers has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 21.15. The same row has 1,120 jobs and a median of $43,760 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Slaughterers and Meat Packers has a location quotient of 21.15 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,120 jobs and a median of $43,760 per year.
2. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has a location quotient of 9.07 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,000 jobs and a median of $43,400 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
WageScope has no exact approved 2024 BEA price row for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. It does not use a nearby place. It does not copy a state value into a local row. The May 2025 BLS wage page stays useful without that extra source.
A missing BEA row means the page cannot show the national-price-dollar proxy. It does not mean local prices equal the U.S. level. It does not mean the area has low or high prices. The source is absent for this exact map key, so the answer stays absent.
You can still compare the same BLS wage metric with the U.S. row or with like area rows. Keep that as a nominal wage comparison. Add price context only when an exact, current, reviewed source row is available.
How to read survey care marks for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
The all-occupations employment RSE for Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 117,590 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's $47,880 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
What this Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area page does not say
The page does not say what one person in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 34 of 137 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
3. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 3,440 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $56,730 per year. Its location quotient is 2.21.
4. General and Operations Managers has 2,750 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $82,460 per year. Its location quotient is 1.04.
5. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 2,650 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $44,290 per year. Its location quotient is 2.49.
6. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 2,650 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $37,460 per year. Its location quotient is 2.46.
7. Retail Salespersons has 2,640 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $34,960 per year. Its location quotient is 0.9.
8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 2,430 estimated jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $46,240 per year. Its location quotient is 1.09.
3. Accountants and Auditors has a published median of $76,840 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 930 jobs. Its local share is 0.85 times the national share.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a published median of $73,110 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,200 jobs. Its local share is 1.28 times the national share.
5. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $62,020 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,170 jobs. Its local share is 1.45 times the national share.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $60,620 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,610 jobs. Its local share is 1.54 times the national share.
7. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has a published median of $60,370 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 980 jobs. Its local share is 3.12 times the national share.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $56,730 per year in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 3,440 jobs. Its local share is 2.21 times the national share.
3. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has a location quotient of 3.12 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 980 jobs and a median of $60,370 per year.
4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.49 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,650 jobs and a median of $44,290 per year.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 2.46 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,650 jobs and a median of $37,460 per year.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 2.21 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 3,440 jobs and a median of $56,730 per year.
7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 2.02 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,220 jobs and a median of $45,780 per year.
8. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.91 in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,580 jobs and a median of $56,120 per year.
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