SOC 41-3041 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Travel Agents 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 Travel Agents in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $47,530. The 10th percentile is $34,580 and the 90th percentile is $87,950. Employment is 630.

Median annual wage

$47,530

10th percentile
$34,580
25th percentile
$35,680
Median
$47,530
75th percentile
$74,930
90th percentile
$87,950
Mean
$54,580

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Travel Agents, the published 10th percentile is $34,580 and the 90th percentile is $87,950. The difference is $53,370, which is 112.3% 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 $35,680 to the 75th at $74,930, covers $39,250.

The mean annual wage is $54,580, which sits above the median of $47,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 5.2% lower than the national median of $50,160 for Travel Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,344, which is 9.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.6% higher than the Minnesota median of $47,260.

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 $47,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Travel Agents at $45,344 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 Travel Agents. 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).).

  • Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is 181 miles away, with a median of $39,780 and employment of 30. That median is 16.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,694, against $45,344 here.

Employment share

Travel Agents accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (630 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.91 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 · Travel Agents 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 Travel Agents make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Travel Agents in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is $47,530. The 10th percentile is $34,580 and the 90th percentile is $87,950. Employment is 630.

How does that compare with the national median for Travel Agents?

The local median is 5.2% lower than the national median of $50,160.

What is Travel Agents 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 $47,530 is $45,344. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI compare with nearby metros for Travel Agents?

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 181 miles away, at $39,780. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.