# Counties in Minnesota by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 87 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 1,775 |
| 2 | Olmsted County | 1,604 |
| 3 | Ramsey County | 1,564 |
| 4 | Carver County | 1,470 |
| 5 | Dakota County | 1,436 |
| 6 | Anoka County | 1,305 |
| 7 | Stevens County | 1,289 |
| 8 | Scott County | 1,269 |
| 9 | Stearns County | 1,257 |
| 10 | Washington County | 1,224 |
| 11 | Mower County | 1,222 |
| 12 | Goodhue County | 1,215 |
| 12 | Steele County | 1,215 |
| 14 | Roseau County | 1,211 |
| 15 | St. Louis County | 1,204 |
| 16 | Dodge County | 1,203 |
| 17 | Rice County | 1,181 |
| 18 | McLeod County | 1,152 |
| 19 | Douglas County | 1,151 |
| 20 | Chisago County | 1,150 |
| 21 | Carlton County | 1,148 |
| 21 | Sherburne County | 1,148 |
| 23 | Blue Earth County | 1,142 |
| 24 | Nobles County | 1,133 |
| 25 | Benton County | 1,131 |
| 26 | Clearwater County | 1,120 |
| 27 | Nicollet County | 1,118 |
| 28 | Lake of the Woods County | 1,116 |
| 29 | Wilkin County | 1,113 |
| 30 | Beltrami County | 1,112 |
| 31 | Marshall County | 1,111 |
| 32 | Wright County | 1,108 |
| 33 | Pope County | 1,103 |
| 34 | Pennington County | 1,102 |
| 35 | Le Sueur County | 1,097 |
| 35 | Renville County | 1,097 |
| 35 | Todd County | 1,097 |
| 38 | Itasca County | 1,095 |
| 39 | Koochiching County | 1,093 |
| 40 | Polk County | 1,092 |
| 41 | Norman County | 1,091 |
| 42 | Brown County | 1,089 |
| 43 | Clay County | 1,087 |
| 44 | Freeborn County | 1,072 |
| 44 | Lyon County | 1,072 |
| 46 | Lake County | 1,071 |
| 47 | Rock County | 1,070 |
| 48 | Crow Wing County | 1,064 |
| 49 | Waseca County | 1,060 |
| 50 | Kanabec County | 1,058 |
| 51 | Becker County | 1,057 |
| 52 | Chippewa County | 1,056 |
| 53 | Kandiyohi County | 1,053 |
| 54 | Swift County | 1,052 |
| 55 | Big Stone County | 1,050 |
| 56 | Martin County | 1,049 |
| 57 | Sibley County | 1,046 |
| 58 | Otter Tail County | 1,045 |
| 58 | Winona County | 1,045 |
| 60 | Meeker County | 1,042 |
| 61 | Mahnomen County | 1,035 |
| 62 | Faribault County | 1,029 |
| 63 | Redwood County | 1,022 |
| 64 | Murray County | 1,020 |
| 65 | Pipestone County | 1,011 |
| 66 | Wadena County | 1,007 |
| 67 | Isanti County | 1,002 |
| 68 | Grant County | 996 |
| 69 | Cottonwood County | 974 |
| 70 | Yellow Medicine County | 967 |
| 71 | Aitkin County | 965 |
| 71 | Traverse County | 965 |
| 73 | Kittson County | 964 |
| 74 | Jackson County | 960 |
| 74 | Wabasha County | 960 |
| 76 | Watonwan County | 956 |
| 77 | Morrison County | 948 |
| 78 | Houston County | 945 |
| 79 | Hubbard County | 937 |
| 80 | Mille Lacs County | 935 |
| 81 | Cook County | 931 |
| 82 | Lac qui Parle County | 925 |
| 83 | Pine County | 891 |
| 84 | Cass County | 888 |
| 84 | Lincoln County | 888 |
| 86 | Fillmore County | 878 |
| 87 | Red Lake County | 876 |