SOC 43-9071 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 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 Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $47,270. The 10th percentile is $36,100 and the 90th percentile is $60,560. Employment is 420.

Median annual wage

$47,270

10th percentile
$36,100
25th percentile
$37,870
Median
$47,270
75th percentile
$53,790
90th percentile
$60,560
Mean
$48,020

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Office Machine Operators, Except Computer, the published 10th percentile is $36,100 and the 90th percentile is $60,560. The difference is $24,460, which is 51.7% 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 $37,870 to the 75th at $53,790, covers $15,920.

The mean annual wage is $48,020, which sits above the median of $47,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 15.4% higher than the national median of $40,960 for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,095, which is 10.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3% higher than the Minnesota median of $45,890.

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 $47,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Office Machine Operators, Except Computer at $45,095 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. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ranks 1st 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).).

  • Duluth, MN-WI is 160 miles away, with a median of $41,980 and employment of 50. That median is 11.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,292, against $45,095 here.

Employment share

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (420 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 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 · Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 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 Office Machine Operators, Except Computer make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $47,270. The 10th percentile is $36,100 and the 90th percentile is $60,560. Employment is 420.

How does that compare with the national median for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer?

The local median is 15.4% higher than the national median of $40,960.

What is Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 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 $47,270 is $45,095. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI compare with nearby metros for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer?

Duluth, MN-WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 160 miles away, at $41,980. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.