# Counties in Minnesota by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 87 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 91,730.2 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 27,630.7 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 15,166.1 |
| 4 | Anoka County | 9,602.3 |
| 5 | Olmsted County | 8,701.8 |
| 6 | Washington County | 6,287.7 |
| 7 | St. Louis County | 6,246.7 |
| 8 | Stearns County | 5,889 |
| 9 | Scott County | 4,258 |
| 10 | Carver County | 3,028.2 |
| 11 | Wright County | 2,948.9 |
| 12 | Blue Earth County | 2,543.3 |
| 13 | Crow Wing County | 1,805 |
| 14 | Sherburne County | 1,745 |
| 15 | Rice County | 1,710.5 |
| 16 | Goodhue County | 1,392 |
| 17 | Winona County | 1,365.7 |
| 18 | Otter Tail County | 1,302.2 |
| 19 | Kandiyohi County | 1,271.7 |
| 20 | Steele County | 1,246.6 |
| 21 | Clay County | 1,228.8 |
| 22 | Beltrami County | 1,197 |
| 23 | Douglas County | 1,193.2 |
| 24 | Mower County | 1,120.1 |
| 25 | Benton County | 1,054.1 |
| 26 | Chisago County | 1,004.1 |
| 27 | Itasca County | 970 |
| 28 | McLeod County | 966.7 |
| 29 | Nicollet County | 907.7 |
| 30 | Becker County | 864.6 |
| 31 | Carlton County | 825.3 |
| 32 | Lyon County | 793 |
| 33 | Brown County | 768.8 |
| 34 | Polk County | 718.8 |
| 35 | Freeborn County | 692.8 |
| 36 | Isanti County | 640.1 |
| 37 | Pennington County | 628.8 |
| 38 | Morrison County | 577.6 |
| 39 | Nobles County | 576.3 |
| 40 | Roseau County | 527.4 |
| 41 | Le Sueur County | 513.9 |
| 42 | Cass County | 509.8 |
| 43 | Martin County | 496.5 |
| 44 | Mille Lacs County | 481.1 |
| 45 | Meeker County | 471.6 |
| 46 | Dodge County | 407.9 |
| 47 | Todd County | 406.2 |
| 48 | Pine County | 388.3 |
| 49 | Redwood County | 360.9 |
| 50 | Wabasha County | 341.2 |
| 51 | Renville County | 334.7 |
| 52 | Waseca County | 329.2 |
| 53 | Stevens County | 318.6 |
| 54 | Wadena County | 311.8 |
| 55 | Chippewa County | 310.8 |
| 56 | Fillmore County | 310 |
| 57 | Hubbard County | 303.7 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 288.9 |
| 59 | Pope County | 279 |
| 60 | Houston County | 269.8 |
| 61 | Koochiching County | 265.5 |
| 62 | Faribault County | 258.8 |
| 63 | Cottonwood County | 256 |
| 64 | Watonwan County | 241.6 |
| 65 | Kanabec County | 236.1 |
| 66 | Lake County | 235.9 |
| 67 | Pipestone County | 235.1 |
| 68 | Swift County | 234 |
| 69 | Aitkin County | 227.6 |
| 70 | Rock County | 223.6 |
| 71 | Yellow Medicine County | 192.6 |
| 72 | Sibley County | 191.3 |
| 73 | Murray County | 159.8 |
| 74 | Clearwater County | 158.2 |
| 75 | Marshall County | 153.9 |
| 76 | Cook County | 128.4 |
| 77 | Mahnomen County | 118.6 |
| 78 | Lac qui Parle County | 118.3 |
| 79 | Wilkin County | 115.9 |
| 80 | Grant County | 108.5 |
| 81 | Big Stone County | 98.6 |
| 82 | Norman County | 94.1 |
| 83 | Lake of the Woods County | 92 |
| 84 | Lincoln County | 87 |
| 85 | Kittson County | 84.5 |
| 86 | Traverse County | 67.2 |
| 87 | Red Lake County | 49.6 |