A percentile is a position in the BLS distribution. It is not a promised offer or career forecast.
10th
At least $239,200
25th
At least $239,200
Median
At least $239,200
75th
At least $239,200
90th
At least $239,200
“At least” marks a BLS top-coded estimate. For this release, BLS publishes $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year as the threshold, so the exact value may be higher.
Same metric, same release
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
Official rows only. Posted salary ranges are not included in this table.
Published hourly median by geography
Minnesota: $568,150/year. United States: $414,010/year.
Geography
Median
Mean
Employment
Employment RSE
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
At least $239,200/yearMean: At least $239,200/year Employment: Not published RSE: Not published
Surgeons, All Other in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 29-1249 and BLS area 2700001.
Questions, answered
Surgeons, All Other pay in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area: common questions
What is the median wage for Surgeons, All Other in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of At least $239,200 per year for Surgeons, All Other in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Surgeons, All Other pay higher in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Surgeons, All Other jobs does BLS estimate in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area?
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$373,930/year
25,140
9.6%
A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
What the Surgeons, All Other median says in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
BLS did not publish an exact median for Surgeons, All Other in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is At least $239,200 per year. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 29-1249 and BLS area 2700001.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is At least $239,200 per year. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 29-1249 and area 2700001. SOC 29-1249 names Surgeons, All Other. Area 2700001 names Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 29-1249/2700001 row reports Not published wage and salary jobs, Not published jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a Not published location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 29-1249/2700001, the annual median is At least $239,200 per year, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
29-1249/2700001 10th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1249/2700001 25th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1249/2700001 median: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1249/2700001 75th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1249/2700001 90th percentile: At least $239,200 per year.
29-1249/2700001 employment RSE: Not published. Mean-wage RSE: 20.1%.
29-1249/2700001 suppression marks: annualMean: top coded, annualMedian: top coded, annualP10: top coded, annualP25: top coded, annualP75: top coded, annualP90: top coded, employment: not released, employmentRse: not released, hourlyMean: top coded, hourlyMedian: top coded, hourlyP10: top coded, hourlyP25: top coded, hourlyP75: top coded, hourlyP90: top coded, jobsPerThousand: not released, locationQuotient: not released.
BLS area 2700001 facts behind this Surgeons, All Other page
Area 2700001 reports 193,040 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $58,450. Its annual median is $48,140. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 29-1249 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area runs from $29,890 at the 10th percentile to $95,870 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,210. The median is $48,140. The 75th percentile is $66,720. This is a place check, not a pay range for Surgeons, All Other.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 2700001. They do not show related skills or a path into Surgeons, All Other.
1. Area 2700001, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 6,150 jobs, $30,260 annual median, 31.86 jobs per 1,000, and 1.6 location quotient.
2. Area 2700001, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 5,950 jobs, $37,240 annual median, 30.82 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
3. Area 2700001, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 4,990 jobs, $35,220 annual median, 25.84 jobs per 1,000, and 1.03 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area wage ladder for Surgeons, All Other
The 10th percentile is At least $239,200 per year. The 25th percentile is At least $239,200 per year. The median is At least $239,200 per year. The 75th percentile is At least $239,200 per year. The 90th percentile is At least $239,200 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from At least $239,200 per year to At least $239,200 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area with its state and the U.S.
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has a annual median of At least $239,200 per year. Minnesota has $568,150 per year. The U.S. row has $414,010 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area cannot be compared with Minnesota on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits for Surgeons, All Other
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has no exact published median that can enter this Surgeons, All Other pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other nonmetro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 29-1249. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Surgeons, All Other medians lead among nonmetro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 29-1249, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same nonmetro map type. No area has the highest published median in this set, at not available per year. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area sits at At least $239,200 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Surgeons, All Other is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
Where BLS counts the most Surgeons, All Other jobs
No area has the largest published nonmetro job estimate for Surgeons, All Other in this same-source set, at Not published jobs. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has Not published. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
Where Surgeons, All Other takes the largest share of local jobs
No area has the highest published location quotient in this nonmetro set, at Not published. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has Not published. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Surgeons, All Other is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
How common Surgeons, All Other is in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
BLS lists Not published Surgeons, All Other jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. It also lists Not published jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is Not published. A value of 1 means Surgeons, All Other has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is not available for a share check. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Surgeons, All Other beside other roles in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
The all-occupations median in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is $48,140 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Surgeons, All Other median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Surgeons, All Other from another role's number.
The largest detailed roles in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area table, at 6,150 jobs. Surgeons, All Other has Not published jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 193,040. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Surgeons, All Other's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Cashiers has 6,150 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $30,260 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.6.
2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 5,950 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $37,240 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area role table, at $97,280 per year. Surgeons, All Other has At least $239,200 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $48,140 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $97,280 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 4,650 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.11.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $78,530 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 4,820 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.11.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Bartenders has the highest location quotient in the bounded Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area role table, at 2.56. Surgeons, All Other has Not published. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Surgeons, All Other with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Bartenders has a location quotient of 2.56 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 2,400 jobs and a median of $26,070 per year, or not available.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.34 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 4,080 jobs and a median of $44,310 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Surgeons, All Other in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
WageScope also has no exact approved 2024 BEA price row for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. It does not use a nearby place or a state value as a stand-in. Both source gaps stay visible.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
How much care to use with the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area row
The employment RSE for this Surgeons, All Other row is Not published. The mean-wage RSE is 20.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the Not published job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the At least $239,200 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Surgeons, All Other. It uses a Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the At least $239,200 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Surgeons, All Other row for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The Not published job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of Not published is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. A missing price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 29-1249 in BLS area 2700001. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of Not published wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 2700001, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 4,820 jobs, $78,530 annual median, 24.98 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
5. Area 2700001, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 4,650 jobs, $97,280 annual median, 24.11 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
6. Area 2700001, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 4,380 jobs, $29,480 annual median, 22.7 jobs per 1,000, and 0.92 location quotient.
3. Retail Salespersons has 4,990 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $35,220 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.03.
4. General and Operations Managers has 4,820 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $78,530 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
5. Registered Nurses has 4,650 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $97,280 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 4,380 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $29,480 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.92.
7. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 4,080 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $44,310 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.34.
8. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 3,990 jobs in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. Its median is $38,630 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.26.
3. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $69,010 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 1,520 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 0.99.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $66,180 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 1,510 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 0.85.
5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $62,710 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 2,720 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.58.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $58,780 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 3,230 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.26.
7. Construction Laborers has a median of $54,310 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 2,380 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.75.
8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a median of $52,190 per year in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, or not available. BLS lists 2,420 jobs, compared with Not published for Surgeons, All Other. Its location quotient is 1.27.
3. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 2.26 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 3,990 jobs and a median of $38,630 per year, or not available.
4. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.75 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 2,380 jobs and a median of $54,310 per year, or not available.
5. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.74 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 3,130 jobs and a median of $45,690 per year, or not available.
6. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.6 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 6,150 jobs and a median of $30,260 per year, or not available.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.58 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 2,720 jobs and a median of $62,710 per year, or not available.
8. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.58 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a gap of not available from Surgeons, All Other. BLS lists 1,750 jobs and a median of $34,640 per year, or not available.
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