Minnesota · 2025 pay · 1,343 people
How much are engineers, architects and drafters paid in Minnesota?
$106,445typical pay for engineers, architects and drafters, 2025
$91,132 – $127,037what most people earned
Counts everyone paid during the year, including part-year workers, in the 9 jobs listed below (part-time-schedule titles left out).
✓ Official data from Minnesota Management and Budget · Matches the agency's latest release · mn.gov ↗
Pay by job
Typical pay counts everyone paid during each job's latest year.
- Engineering Specialist258 people$95,512
- Engineer Princ250 people$129,142
- Engineering Specialist Senior246 people$106,978
- Engineer Senior217 people$104,616
- Engineer Graduate128 people$83,705
- Engineer Administrative86 people$143,146
- Engineer Senior Administrative64 people$154,727
- Transportation Materials Technician56 people$63,787
- Trainee-Graduate Engineer38 people$66,711
Other job groups in Minnesota
- Office and administrative support8,347 people$51,787
- Teachers and librarians7,942 people$68,059
- Business and finance jobs6,486 people$78,455
- Social work and counseling6,204 people$72,586
- Police, fire and security4,090 people$76,123
- Computer and IT jobs3,516 people$115,872
- Science jobs2,724 people$83,880
- Managers2,391 people$122,944
- Construction and trades2,298 people$64,832
- Legal jobs2,242 people$93,870
- Doctors, nurses and health professionals2,070 people$91,117
- Cleaning and grounds1,663 people$42,935
- Healthcare support1,320 people$58,020
- Maintenance and repair817 people$69,909
- Arts, media and sports771 people$77,425
Jobs are grouped by the federal Standard Occupational Classification (SOC 2018) major groups. This page: Architecture and Engineering Occupations (SOC 17-0000). Job titles we could not place with confidence are left out. "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this