Median Earnings and Earnings Gap in Minnesota:  
 County, State and United States 2000

Median earnings in 1999 of full-time, year-round workers

Geographic area

Female

Male

Earnings gap

Aitkin County

$ 20,633

$ 31,604

65.3%

Anoka County

$ 30,534

$ 41,527

73.5%

Becker County

$ 20,693

$ 29,641

69.8%

Beltrami County

$ 22,045

$ 30,434

72.4%

Benton County

$ 22,737

$ 33,214

68.5%

Big Stone County

$ 20,123

$ 27,857

72.2%

Blue Earth County

$ 32,087

70.2%

Brown County

$ 23,918

$ 32,347

73.9%

Carlton County

$ 25,555

$ 38,788

65.9%

Carver County

$ 32,107

$ 47,271

67.9%

Cass County

$ 21,232

$ 30,097

70.5%

Chippewa County

$ 20,384

$ 30,556

66.7%

Chisago County

$ 27,653

$ 40,743

67.9%

Clay County

$ 34,176

67.7%

Clearwater County

$ 20,417

$ 29,338

69.6%

Cook County

$ 23,650

$ 31,211

75.8%

Cottonwood County

$ 19,934

$ 28,993

68.8%

Crow Wing County

$ 22,896

$ 33,838

67.7%

Dakota County

$ 32,189

$ 46,827

68.7%

Dodge County

$ 25,903

$ 34,195

75.8%

Douglas County

$ 21,240

$ 30,968

68.6%

Faribault County

$ 20,224

$ 28,990

69.8%

Fillmore County

$ 21,906

$ 29,094

75.3%

Freeborn County

$ 21,799

$ 31,491

69.2%

Goodhue County

$ 25,442

$ 36,282

70.1%

Grant County

$ 20,240

$ 28,428

71.2%

Hennepin County

$ 32,400

$ 42,466

76.3%

Houston County

$ 22,158

$ 32,557

68.1%

Hubbard County

$ 21,616

$ 30,030

72.0%

Isanti County

$ 26,427

$ 39,381

67.1%

Itasca County

$ 22,327

$ 37,066

60.2%

Jackson County

$ 20,860

$ 29,123

71.6%

Kanabec County

$ 22,309

$ 32,329

69.0%

Kandiyohi County

$ 22,128

$ 32,272

68.6%

Kittson County

$ 21,320

$ 30,240

70.5%

Koochiching County

$ 22,261

$ 40,642

54.8%

Lac qui Parle County

$ 19,681

$ 27,939

70.4%

Lake County

$ 26,500

$ 39,719

66.7%

Lake of the Woods County

$ 24,813

$ 30,469

81.4%

Le Sueur County

$ 24,214

$ 34,196

70.8%

Lincoln County

$ 20,083

$ 26,494

75.8%

Lyon County

$ 21,445

$ 32,102

66.8%

McLeod County

$ 25,253

$ 35,709

70.7%

Mahnomen County

$ 21,000

$ 23,614

88.9%

Marshall County

$ 20,600

$ 30,051

68.6%

Martin County

$ 21,780

$ 30,467

71.5%

Meeker County

$ 22,743

$ 33,157

68.6%

Mille Lacs County

$ 22,036

$ 32,348

68.1%

Morrison County

$ 22,244

$ 31,037

71.7%

Mower County

$ 23,317

$ 31,743

73.5%

Murray County

$ 19,636

$ 27,101

72.5%

Nicollet County

$ 25,344

$ 36,236

69.9%

Nobles County

$ 20,346

$ 27,853

73.0%

Norman County

$ 20,619

$ 28,674

71.9%

Olmsted County

$ 29,994

$ 40,196

74.6%

Otter Tail County

$ 20,930

$ 30,151

69.4%

Pennington County

$ 21,078

$ 30,771

68.5%

Pine County

$ 22,675

$ 31,600

71.8%

Pipestone County

$ 20,759

$ 27,642

75.1%

Polk County

$ 21,535

$ 31,472

68.4%

Pope County

$ 20,511

$ 30,452

67.4%

Ramsey County

$ 30,814

$ 39,806

77.4%

Red Lake County

$ 20,363

$ 28,494

71.5%

Redwood County

$ 21,481

$ 30,251

71.0%

Renville County

$ 22,179

$ 30,473

72.8%

Rice County

$ 26,151

$ 36,771

71.1%

Rock County

$ 22,166

$ 28,776

77.0%

Roseau County

$ 23,630

$ 29,747

79.4%

St. Louis County

$ 24,235

$ 37,934

63.9%

Scott County

$ 32,482

$ 46,593

69.7%

Sherburne County

$ 27,689

$ 41,601

66.6%

Sibley County

$ 22,527

$ 31,002

72.7%

Stearns County

$ 23,393

$ 34,268

68.3%

Steele County

$ 25,054

$ 36,366

68.9%

Stevens County

$ 21,681

$ 32,045

67.7%

Swift County

$ 21,667

$ 29,362

73.8%

Todd County

$ 20,287

$ 28,630

70.9%

Traverse County

$ 20,100

$ 29,821

67.4%

Wabasha County

$ 24,316

$ 33,053

73.6%

Wadena County

$ 21,027

$ 28,424

74.0%

Waseca County

$ 22,630

$ 34,380

65.8%

Washington County

$ 33,804

$ 49,815

67.9%

Watonwan County

$ 19,788

$ 29,242

67.7%

Wilkin County

$ 20,925

$ 31,273

66.9%

Winona County

$ 23,406

$ 31,926

73.3%

Wright County

$ 28,201

$ 40,630

69.4%

Yellow Medicine County

$ 20,870

$ 27,770

75.2%

Minnesota

$ 28,708

$ 39,364

72.9%

United States

$ 27,194

$ 37,057

73.4%