How much do Word Processors and Typists make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Percentile spread

For Word Processors and Typists, the published 10th percentile is $51,550 and the 90th percentile is $60,860. The difference is $9,310, which is 18.1% 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 $51,550 to the 75th at $60,860, covers $9,310.

The mean annual wage is $54,900, which sits above the median of $51,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 4.6% higher than the national median of $49,280 for Word Processors and Typists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,179, which is 0.2% 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 $51,550.

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 $51,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Word Processors and Typists at $49,179 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 Word Processors and Typists. 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 $40,630 and employment of 40. That median is 21.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,671, against $49,179 here.

Employment share

Word Processors and Typists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (190 of 1,951,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,010 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.