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Project Manager Salary in Minnesota (2026)

The average Project Manager in Minnesota earns around $115,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $83,436/year ($6,953/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$83,436
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$6,953
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,209
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$40/hr
Federal Tax
$16,470
State Tax
$6,297
FICA Taxes
$8,798
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

27.45%
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Project Manager Salary Ranges in Minnesota

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$78,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$115,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$175,000

/year

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Not all Project Managers earn the same — not even close

Minnesota's project manager market is anchored by UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka (~25K MN, substantial enterprise PMO across Optum + UHG insurance operations + clinical platforms), Target HQ Minneapolis (Target.com + supply-chain + store-renovation + new-store PM at ~2,000-store scale), 3M Maplewood (industrial new-product introduction + cleanroom build PM across global manufacturing), Cargill Wayzata (commodity-trading platform + ag-supply-chain PM), Medtronic operational HQ Fridley (medical device new-product PM), Mayo Clinic Rochester (clinical-trial + hospital expansion PM), plus Best Buy + Ecolab + Land O'Lakes + Honeywell Aerospace.

Director / VP PMO

$205,000–$365,000+ TC

UHG + Target + 3M + Best Buy + Medtronic PMO leadership · Fortune 500 program leadership

Senior Program Manager (Healthcare)

$145,000–$215,000

UHG enterprise PM · HealthPartners · Mayo Clinic · Medtronic device PM · clinical specialty

Senior Program Manager (Retail / Supply Chain)

$135,000–$205,000

Target program · Best Buy program · Cub Foods · supply-chain + store-rollout specialty

Senior Program Manager (Industrial / R&D)

$140,000–$210,000

3M NPI program · Medtronic device launch · Polaris program · stage-gate + PE/PMP specialty

Senior Construction PM (Healthcare)

$135,000–$215,000

Mayo Clinic expansion PM · M Health Fairview construction · HealthPartners construction PM

Senior IT / TPM (Fortune 500)

$155,000–$245,000

UHG TPM · Target TPM · Best Buy TPM · enterprise IT program · cross-functional senior

Senior Clinical Trial PM (Medtronic / Mayo)

$135,000–$215,000

Medtronic device clinical trial PM · Mayo Clinic Platform trials · CCRA + CRC credential premium

Senior Cleared PM (Honeywell Aerospace)

$135,000–$215,000

Honeywell Aerospace Plymouth · L3Harris Eagan · cleared DoD program PM · TS/SCI premium

Mid-Level PM (3-6 yrs)

$92,000–$135,000

Functional PM at MN Fortune 500 · transitioning to senior band · PMP-track

Junior PM (0-3 yrs)

$68,000–$98,000

Carlson School + St. Thomas + MN State PM pipeline · PMI Twin Cities Chapter entry band

Worth knowing: PMI Twin Cities Chapter is one of the country's largest PMI chapters and a feature most national PM-career surveys understate for MN. PMI Twin Cities (~3,500 active members, founded 1979 as one of the earliest US PMI chapters) operates substantial PMP certification + continuing-education + professional-development programs serving the Twin Cities' dense Fortune 500 PMO community. Mayo Clinic Rochester operates one of the country's most sophisticated clinical-trial + hospital-expansion PM organizations — Mayo's continuous campus build program (substantial capital investment annually in the Rochester Destination Medical Center initiative) supports senior construction + clinical-trial PMs at $135-215K TC. Medtronic operational HQ Fridley (Fortune 200 medical device, ~12K MN employees with global HQ Dublin, IE for tax purposes) operates the country's largest medical device new-product-introduction PM organization — substantial FDA submission + clinical-trial + manufacturing-scale PM work. UnitedHealth Group enterprise PMO (~25K MN) is the country's largest healthcare PMO. MN's 9.85% top bracket catches Senior PM + Director comp at $250K+ TC — substantial drag vs SD/TX/FL residency.

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