Duluth, MN-WI

Across all occupations in the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area, the median wage is $50,000 a year ($24.04 an hour) and the mean $61,560, May 2025. That median is −2% against the US median of $50,980 and −12% against Minnesota's $56,920. BLS counts 124,710 jobs in the area, which spans Minnesota and Wisconsin. The highest-paying occupation is emergency medicine physicians; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: Duluth, MN-WI vs Minnesota and Wisconsin and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Duluth, MN-WI area, Minnesota and Wisconsin and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Duluth, MN-WI	Hourly	$14.33	$17.69	$24.04	$36.88	$47.95	$29.60	124,710
Duluth, MN-WI	Annual	$29,800	$36,800	$50,000	$76,710	$99,740	$61,560	124,710
Minnesota	Hourly	$16.12	$19.08	$27.36	$39.67	$60.45	$34.21	2,949,820
Minnesota	Annual	$33,540	$39,680	$56,920	$82,520	$125,730	$71,160	2,949,820
Wisconsin	Hourly	$14.41	$18.12	$24.17	$36.71	$50.47	$30.90	2,941,540
Wisconsin	Annual	$29,980	$37,700	$50,270	$76,350	$104,990	$64,270	2,941,540
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

372 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profiles: Minnesota, Wisconsin. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Duluth, MN-WI

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$434,190	$208.74	50
2	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$368,210	$177.02	30
3	Physicians, All Other	$364,710	$175.34	130
4	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$333,090	$160.14	50
5	Nurse Anesthetists	$260,760	$125.37	60
6	Family Medicine Physicians	$256,200	$123.17	110
7	Dentists, General	$200,210	$96.25	90
8	Chief Executives	$158,260	$76.09	240
9	Pharmacists	$154,860	$74.45	330
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$150,190	$72.21	110
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Minnesota	$149,710	$71.98	180
12	Marketing Managers	$142,080	$68.31	100
13	Nurse Practitioners	$136,530	$65.64	420
14	Physician Assistants	$135,860	$65.32	200
15	Lawyers in Minnesota	$129,120	$62.08	260
16	Financial Managers in Minnesota	$126,800	$60.96	420
17	Veterinarians	$126,650	$60.89	90
18	Human Resources Managers	$124,290	$59.75	100
19	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$123,090	*	170
20	Natural Sciences Managers	$113,500	$54.57	70

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Duluth, MN-WI

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Minnesota	5,660	45.42	1.64	$36,390
2	Registered Nurses in Minnesota	4,410	35.32	1.63	$96,940
3	Retail Salespersons in Minnesota	3,490	28.00	1.12	$34,650
4	Cashiers in Minnesota	3,290	26.41	1.33	$33,020
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Minnesota	2,910	23.37	0.94	$29,260
6	General and Operations Managers in Minnesota	2,690	21.56	0.96	$85,930
7	Office Clerks, General in Minnesota	2,590	20.78	1.31	$46,820
8	Waiters and Waitresses in Minnesota	2,100	16.87	1.15	$23,150
9	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Minnesota	2,050	16.41	1.24	$60,970
10	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Minnesota	1,930	15.47	1.09	$37,230
10	Stockers and Order Fillers in Minnesota	1,930	15.51	0.85	$34,700
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Minnesota	1,820	14.58	1.48	$58,900
13	Bartenders in Minnesota	1,630	13.11	2.70	$23,540
14	Nursing Assistants in Minnesota	1,610	12.90	1.38	$44,250
15	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Minnesota	1,590	12.76	1.40	$39,510
16	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota	1,560	12.51	0.66	$44,080
17	Customer Service Representatives in Minnesota	1,500	11.99	0.72	$44,940
18	Cooks, Restaurant in Minnesota	1,460	11.74	1.29	$36,680
19	Construction Laborers in Minnesota	1,390	11.12	1.58	$61,340
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Minnesota	1,380	11.08	1.23	$46,510

Most concentrated occupations in Duluth, MN-WI

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Social Workers, All Other	10.05	510	4.07	$80,490
2	Power Plant Operators	9.35	220	1.76	$94,390
3	Gambling Service Workers, All Other	9.31	110	0.85	$29,910
4	Physical Scientists, All Other	5.54	100	0.80	$81,920
5	Residential Advisors	5.12	350	2.79	$48,180
6	Rehabilitation Counselors	3.48	260	2.12	$43,770
7	Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	3.41	100	0.82	$74,320
8	Labor Relations Specialists	3.28	170	1.37	$100,520
9	Marriage and Family Therapists	3.10	170	1.33	$62,480
10	Highway Maintenance Workers	2.89	360	2.88	$59,450

Occupation groups in Duluth, MN-WI

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$99,800	$111,480	6,840	54.86	0.77
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$92,650	$105,200	10,310	82.64	1.31
Architecture and Engineering	$83,540	$90,600	2,130	17.12	1.02
Computer and Mathematical	$81,310	$88,320	1,910	15.33	0.45
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$79,920	$81,240	1,440	11.56	1.22
Legal	$77,120	$105,730	540	4.36	0.52
Business and Financial Operations	$76,690	$82,150	5,480	43.92	0.65
Construction and Extraction	$70,440	$71,550	7,010	56.24	1.36
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$63,130	$67,180	5,650	45.28	1.16
Community and Social Service	$61,250	$61,810	3,530	28.30	1.65
Protective Service	$59,630	$60,660	2,600	20.82	0.86
Educational Instruction and Library	$58,920	$61,900	7,360	58.99	1.01
Production	$55,940	$58,280	6,070	48.64	0.88
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$50,920	$58,560	1,200	9.63	0.73
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$48,480	$49,170	120	0.93	0.33
Office and Administrative Support	$48,440	$51,160	13,300	106.62	0.93
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,500	$49,380	9,150	73.38	0.83
Healthcare Support	$38,270	$40,870	9,080	72.84	1.43
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,840	$39,800	3,770	30.26	1.03
Personal Care and Service	$36,080	$39,120	3,190	25.58	1.22
Sales and Related	$35,970	$45,070	10,780	86.42	1.00
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$30,470	$33,020	13,260	106.31	1.21

Every occupation in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profiles. All 372 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Duluth, MN-WI estimates (area 20260).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Duluth, MN-WI area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.
The area spans Minnesota and Wisconsin; its figures are the whole MSA, as BLS publishes them, under the primary state Minnesota.