SOC 29-9092 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Genetic Counselors 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 Genetic Counselors in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $102,010. The 10th percentile is $92,310 and the 90th percentile is $110,930. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$102,010

10th percentile
$92,310
25th percentile
$96,180
Median
$102,010
75th percentile
$103,140
90th percentile
$110,930
Mean
$101,210

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Genetic Counselors, the published 10th percentile is $92,310 and the 90th percentile is $110,930. The difference is $18,620, which is 18.3% 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 $96,180 to the 75th at $103,140, covers $6,960.

The mean annual wage is $101,210, which sits below the median of $102,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 2% higher than the national median of $100,040 for Genetic Counselors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $97,317, which is 2.7% lower 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 $102,010.

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 $102,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Genetic Counselors at $97,317 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 Genetic Counselors in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Genetic Counselors accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (80 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,740 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.70 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 · Genetic Counselors 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 Genetic Counselors make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Genetic Counselors in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $102,010. The 10th percentile is $92,310 and the 90th percentile is $110,930. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Genetic Counselors?

The local median is 2% higher than the national median of $100,040.

What is Genetic Counselors 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 $102,010 is $97,317. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.