Ramsey County · Minnesota
St. Paul, MN jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in St. Paul, MN earn a median of $43,583 a year, 2% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.9% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 27.8% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $43,583#39 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.9%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 70.5%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 162,708Civilian employed, age 16+
What St. Paul does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance27.8%
- Professional, scientific & management12.2%
- Manufacturing12.1%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.3%
- Retail trade9.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate7%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.7%
- Other services, except public administration4.6%
- Public administration4.6%
- Construction4.2%
- Wholesale trade2.3%
- Information1.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.5%
Related data for St. Paul
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.