How much do Office Machine Operators, Except Computer make in Duluth, MN-WI?

Percentile spread

For Office Machine Operators, Except Computer, the published 10th percentile is $36,020 and the 90th percentile is $50,410. The difference is $14,390, which is 34.3% 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 $39,930 to the 75th at $50,000, covers $10,070.

The mean annual wage is $43,750, which sits above the median of $41,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Duluth, MN-WI median is 2.5% higher than the national median of $40,960 for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,292, which is 15.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.5% lower than the Minnesota median of $45,890.

Duluth, 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 Duluth, MN-WI is 88.768, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Office Machine Operators, Except Computer at $47,292 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer. Duluth, MN-WI ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 160 miles away, with a median of $47,270 and employment of 420. That median is 12.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,095, against $47,292 here.

Employment share

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Duluth, MN-WI (50 of 124,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.48 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.