SOC 51-2031 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 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 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $65,410. The 10th percentile is $43,320 and the 90th percentile is $77,950. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$65,410

10th percentile
$43,320
25th percentile
$50,970
Median
$65,410
75th percentile
$74,070
90th percentile
$77,950
Mean
$62,530

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Engine and Other Machine Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $43,320 and the 90th percentile is $77,950. The difference is $34,630, which is 52.9% 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 $50,970 to the 75th at $74,070, covers $23,100.

The mean annual wage is $62,530, which sits below the median of $65,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 21.8% higher than the national median of $53,710 for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,401, which is 16.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.2% higher than the Minnesota median of $58,820.

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 $65,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engine and Other Machine Assemblers at $62,401 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 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (130 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.30 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 · Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 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 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $65,410. The 10th percentile is $43,320 and the 90th percentile is $77,950. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers?

The local median is 21.8% higher than the national median of $53,710.

What is Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 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 $65,410 is $62,401. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.