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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Driver/Sales Workers Salary in Minnesota

Driver/Sales Workers in Minnesota earn a median annual salary of $32,390, which is -12.8% compared to the national median. There are 8,800 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Minnesota (state).

$32,390
Minnesota median annual wage
$16/hour median
-12.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $37,130
8,800
Local employment
3.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.11
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$23,300
25th
$24,670
Median
$32,390
75th
$49,920
90th
$61,040

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Minnesota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
98.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$32,843
Goods: 100.5%
Services: 90.8%
Rents: 91.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Hawaii$47,240Compare840
Vermont$44,900Compare630
California$44,370Compare35,220
Michigan$44,200Compare12,850
Colorado$43,560Compare10,770
Kansas$43,380Compare2,460

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Minnesota

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Podiatrists$224,2800.83
Physicists$222,5500.15
Pediatricians, General$212,3801.10
Dentists, General$209,8201.16
Chief Executives$194,1601.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$184,560N/A
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$182,7900.97
Air Traffic Controllers$176,0301.49

Minnesota has salary data for 731 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Podiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Driver/Sales Workers in Minnesota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Driver/Sales Workers are projected to change by +8.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 51,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.