Highest-paying management jobs in Minneapolis

Not everyone has what it takes to be a manager in today's workplace, and those who do tend to be well compensated.

Workers today are split on how they want to interact with their jobs. Half of workers want to blend their work and their personal lives, while the other roughly 50% prefer to keep them separate, according to Gallup polling. The lion's share want more flexibility in where they perform their work—at a time when businesses may have to buckle in for tougher economic conditions in the year ahead.

Whether overseeing a sales team or leading a commercial building project, these are the challenges that get management professionals out of bed in the morning.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying management jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as "management occupations" were included.

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#30. Lodging managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $62,820
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,770
- Employment: 35,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)

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#29. Food service managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $65,370
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,800

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

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#28. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $73,380
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,210

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)

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#27. Postmasters and mail superintendents

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $82,380
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,820
- Employment: 12,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($97,930)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($96,450)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($94,460)

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#26. Social and community service managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $84,140
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,260

National
- Annual mean salary: $76,790
- Employment: 156,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,530)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,240)
--- Charlottesville, VA ($98,200)

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#25. Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $87,910
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,810
- Employment: 17,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($108,680)
--- Lexington-Fayette, KY ($108,430)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($105,390)

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#24. Facilities managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $95,790
- #146 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,020

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,970
- Employment: 101,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($146,040)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($136,440)
--- Ithaca, NY ($136,210)

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#23. Emergency management directors

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $107,430
- #11 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $84,800
- Employment: 10,320
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($142,000)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($124,780)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($123,170)

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#22. Construction managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $108,170
- #90 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,470

National
- Annual mean salary: $108,210
- Employment: 284,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($160,710)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,050)
--- Napa, CA ($145,430)

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#21. Fundraising managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $108,590
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

National
- Annual mean salary: $119,400
- Employment: 23,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($175,610)
--- Syracuse, NY ($155,700)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($153,980)

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#20. Education administrators, postsecondary

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $112,080
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,300

National
- Annual mean salary: $111,260
- Employment: 155,990
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Corvallis, OR ($178,570)
--- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($165,940)
--- Syracuse, NY ($164,660)

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#19. General and operations managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $112,550
- #112 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 42,400

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,250
- Employment: 2,984,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($165,340)
--- Trenton, NJ ($165,030)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($159,210)

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#18. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $113,140
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,560

National
- Annual mean salary: $102,650
- Employment: 274,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,880)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($143,450)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($142,330)

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#17. Medical and health services managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $113,590
- #177 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,580

National
- Annual mean salary: $119,840
- Employment: 436,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,110)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($157,340)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($156,370)

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#16. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $115,520
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,840

National
- Annual mean salary: $105,580
- Employment: 144,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($159,890)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($154,170)
--- Trenton, NJ ($144,620)

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#15. Training and development managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $125,240
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660

National
- Annual mean salary: $128,800
- Employment: 35,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($180,360)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($176,270)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($166,410)

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#14. Advertising and promotions managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $125,770
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,860
- Employment: 22,520
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($193,980)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($182,520)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($166,620)

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#13. Industrial production managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $126,260
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,330

National
- Annual mean salary: $117,780
- Employment: 192,270
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($155,640)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($153,860)
--- Fort Collins, CO ($153,470)

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#12. Administrative services managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $128,240
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,910

National
- Annual mean salary: $113,030
- Employment: 224,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,360)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($142,650)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($141,950)

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#11. Public relations managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $135,960
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

National
- Annual mean salary: $138,000
- Employment: 59,850
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($183,410)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($182,890)
--- Boulder, CO ($174,250)

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#10. Purchasing managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $138,620
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,230

National
- Annual mean salary: $134,590
- Employment: 69,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($181,030)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,010)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($174,760)

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#9. Human resources managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $141,600
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,190

National
- Annual mean salary: $136,590
- Employment: 166,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($190,020)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($186,930)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($175,410)

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#8. Sales managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $141,840
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,440

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,390
- Employment: 453,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($198,960)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($196,910)
--- Boulder, CO ($182,820)

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#7. Compensation and benefits managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $145,650
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $139,470
- Employment: 15,330
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($190,560)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($187,770)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,130)

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#6. Natural sciences managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $146,690
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,130

National
- Annual mean salary: $156,110
- Employment: 74,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($222,360)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($219,240)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($216,750)

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#5. Financial managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $148,860
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 11,150

National
- Annual mean salary: $153,460
- Employment: 681,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)

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#4. Computer and information systems managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $159,070
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 8,030

National
- Annual mean salary: $162,930
- Employment: 485,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($211,470)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($202,800)

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#3. Marketing managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $160,140
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,230

National
- Annual mean salary: $153,440
- Employment: 278,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($210,280)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($198,870)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($191,310)

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#2. Architectural and engineering managers

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $162,030
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,460

National
- Annual mean salary: $158,970
- Employment: 187,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,000)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($206,050)
--- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($198,430)

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#1. Chief executives

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Annual mean salary: $225,440
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,230

National
- Annual mean salary: $213,020
- Employment: 200,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)

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