How much do Chemical Plant and System Operators make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Percentile spread

For Chemical Plant and System Operators, the published 10th percentile is $50,980 and the 90th percentile is $89,540. The difference is $38,560, which is 55.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $62,080 to the 75th at $79,670, covers $17,590.

The mean annual wage is $71,300, which sits above the median of $69,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 10.8% lower than the national median of $78,120 for Chemical Plant and System Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,503, which is 14.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.8% higher than the Minnesota median of $66,500.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Minnesota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $69,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chemical Plant and System Operators at $66,503 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Chemical Plant and System Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.