Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked.

Top 25 of 331 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$376,260	$180.89	80
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$229,500	$110.34	70
3	Dentists, General	$197,670	$95.04	40
4	Chief Executives	$156,860	$75.42	180
5	Marketing Managers	$155,990	$74.99	100
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$152,220	$73.18	70
7	Physician Assistants	$150,910	$72.55	80
8	Pharmacists	$146,540	$70.45	210
9	Sales Managers	$140,870	$67.72	250
10	Optometrists	$138,580	$66.62	40
11	Nurse Practitioners	$131,500	$63.22	190
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$129,220	$62.13	130
13	Financial Managers	$125,920	$60.54	390
14	Administrative Services Managers	$125,010	$60.10	130
15	Veterinarians	$122,300	$58.80	90
16	Industrial Production Managers	$122,260	$58.78	270
17	Human Resources Managers	$120,910	$58.13	90
18	Purchasing Managers	$114,970	$55.27	30
19	Managers, All Other	$113,650	$54.64	40
20	Construction Managers	$109,260	$52.53	170
21	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$108,990	$52.40	70
22	Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,310	$50.63	500
23	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$104,060	$50.03	80
24	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$103,100	$49.57	120
25	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$102,250	$49.16	160

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.