SOC 53-7063 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Machine Feeders and Offbearers 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 Machine Feeders and Offbearers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $53,650. The 10th percentile is $46,760 and the 90th percentile is $57,680. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$53,650

10th percentile
$46,760
25th percentile
$48,180
Median
$53,650
75th percentile
$56,740
90th percentile
$57,680
Mean
$52,450

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Machine Feeders and Offbearers, the published 10th percentile is $46,760 and the 90th percentile is $57,680. The difference is $10,920, which is 20.4% 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 $48,180 to the 75th at $56,740, covers $8,560.

The mean annual wage is $52,450, which sits below the median of $53,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 30.2% higher than the national median of $41,220 for Machine Feeders and Offbearers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,182, which is 24.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.1% higher than the Minnesota median of $48,740.

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 $53,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Machine Feeders and Offbearers at $51,182 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 Machine Feeders and Offbearers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Machine Feeders and Offbearers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (230 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (42,330 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.43 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 · Machine Feeders and Offbearers 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 Machine Feeders and Offbearers make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Machine Feeders and Offbearers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $53,650. The 10th percentile is $46,760 and the 90th percentile is $57,680. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Machine Feeders and Offbearers?

The local median is 30.2% higher than the national median of $41,220.

What is Machine Feeders and Offbearers 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 $53,650 is $51,182. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.