The Northland


Salary

Average Salary by Selected Occupation is available for the Duluth Superior MSA, the Arrowhead Region and counties surrounding the MSA, called Balance of the Northeast.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development withhold publication of certain wage and employee data for selected occupations when necessary to protect the identity of cooperating employers.

Occupational Employment Descriptions

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Average Salary By Selected Occupation
Occupation SOC Code Employment Mean
Hourly Rate		 10th Percentile Median Wage
Professional
Managers, All Other 11-9199 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011 730 27.5 17.26 25.29
Computer Systems Analysts 15-1051 200 31.37 22.36 31.61
Engineers, All Other 17-2199 10 34.44 26.56 35.97
Retail
Cashiers 41-2011 4590 8.66 7 8.24
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021 480 10.11 7.03 8.51
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 43-5081 1690 10.57 7.15 9.45
Clerical
Telemarketers 41-9041 530 12.5 8.36 10.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031 1930 15.29 9.96 14.94
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051 2110 15.4 10.26 15.11
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6011 1060 19.74 13.93 19.20
Data Entry Keyers 43-9021 140 12.67 8.94 12.42
Word Processors and Typists 43-9022 50 15.16 8.87 15.37
Unskilled
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 51-2099 210 11.89 8.01 11.45
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 640 13.66 7.67 11.86
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 53-7062 1640 13.63 7.87 12.03
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064 240 8.84 6.98 8.30
Semi-Skilled
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031 110 14.35 10.54 13.86
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-3099 60 8.52 6.92 7.80
Skilled
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043 20 19.61 11.96 20.41
Machinists 51-4041 190 19.19 10.53 17.46
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121 370 19.25 12.74 19.39
Technical
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts 15-1081 80 31.27 17.51 31.60
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-2094 80 28.92 25.43 29.71
Medical Equipment Repairers 49-9062 30 19.49 11.21 18.51
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers 51-4012 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic 51-4011 90 20.37 13.1 19.36
Source: MN Department of Employment & Economic Development