SOC 27-1021 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Commercial and Industrial Designers make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Commercial and Industrial Designers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $94,390. The 10th percentile is $64,930 and the 90th percentile is $127,970. Employment is 480.

Median annual wage

$94,390

10th percentile
$64,930
25th percentile
$80,880
Median
$94,390
75th percentile
$105,890
90th percentile
$127,970
Mean
$96,020

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Commercial and Industrial Designers, the published 10th percentile is $64,930 and the 90th percentile is $127,970. The difference is $63,040, which is 66.8% 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 $80,880 to the 75th at $105,890, covers $25,010.

The mean annual wage is $96,020, which sits above the median of $94,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $83,910 for Commercial and Industrial Designers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,048, which is 7.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Minnesota median of $94,370.

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 $94,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Commercial and Industrial Designers at $90,048 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 Commercial and Industrial Designers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Commercial and Industrial Designers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (480 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,490 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.14 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · Commercial and Industrial Designers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Commercial and Industrial Designers make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Commercial and Industrial Designers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $94,390. The 10th percentile is $64,930 and the 90th percentile is $127,970. Employment is 480.

How does that compare with the national median for Commercial and Industrial Designers?

The local median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $83,910.

What is Commercial and Industrial Designers pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $94,390 is $90,048. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.