IT Project Lead Salary in Minnesota

How much does an IT Project Lead make in Minnesota?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for an IT Project Lead in Minnesota is $146,458 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $70.

However, an IT Project Lead's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $166,318
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $136,880 to $156,853
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $128,159

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IT Project Lead Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$156,853	$13,071	$3,016	$75
Average	$146,458	$12,205	$2,816	$70
25th Percentile	$136,880	$11,407	$2,632	$66

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Key Factors That Influence IT Project Lead Salaries

An IT Project Lead's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects IT Project Lead Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an IT Project Lead's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $102,504
Early Career (1-2 years): $125,119
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $145,693
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $162,154
Expert (over 8 years): $126,922

Levels	Salary
IT Projec... Level IT Project Lead	$102,504
IT Projec... Level IT Project Lead	$125,119
IT Projec... Level IT Project Lead	$145,693
IT Projec... Level IT Project Lead	$162,154
IT Projec... Level IT Project Lead	$126,922

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How Do IT Project Lead Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract IT Project Leads. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $158,466.
California: $157,865.
Massachusetts: $155,761.

District of Columbia $158,466 California $157,865 Massachusetts $155,761 Washington $155,188 New Jersey $155,131 Alaska $154,931 Connecticut $152,956 New York $152,154

Hawaii $149,592 Rhode Island $148,390 Maryland $147,574 Minnesota $146,458 Colorado $146,028 Illinois $145,885 Oregon $145,341 Delaware $144,941

New Hampshire $144,689 Virginia $144,125 Pennsylvania $142,479 Nevada $141,649 North Dakota $141,377 Michigan $140,948 Wisconsin $140,790 Vermont $140,475

Texas $139,602 Maine $139,545 Arizona $139,459 Ohio $139,359 Georgia $138,042 Indiana $137,384 Wyoming $137,255 Utah $137,055

Iowa $136,969 Kansas $136,282 Louisiana $136,081 North Carolina $136,010 Missouri $135,981 Florida $135,423 Montana $135,122 Nebraska $134,836

Kentucky $134,679 South Carolina $134,106 Tennessee $133,748 Idaho $133,605 New Mexico $132,561 Oklahoma $132,332 Alabama $131,487 South Dakota $130,070

Arkansas $129,297 West Virginia $128,882 Mississippi $127,637

Top Paying Cities for IT Project Leads

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Conger: $142,193
Courtland: $148,504
Darfur: $138,729

Conger, MN $142,193 Courtland, MN $148,504 Darfur, MN $138,729 Delavan, MN $142,193 Eagle Lake, MN $145,356 Easton, MN $142,193 Ellendale, MN $142,193 Elmore, MN $142,193

Elysian, MN $145,356 Emmons, MN $142,193 Essig, MN $148,504 Fairmont, MN $139,488 Freeborn, MN $142,193 Frost, MN $142,193 Garden City, MN $145,356 Geneva, MN $142,193

Glenville, MN $142,193 Good Thunder, MN $145,356 Granada, MN $145,356 Hanska, MN $148,504 Hartland, MN $142,193 Hayward, MN $142,193 Henderson, MN $148,504 Hollandale, MN $142,193

Hope, MN $142,193 Huntley, MN $142,193 Janesville, MN $145,356 Kasota, MN $148,504 Kiester, MN $142,193 Kilkenny, MN $148,504 Lafayette, MN $148,504 Lake Crystal, MN $148,504

La Salle, MN $148,504 Le Center, MN $148,504 Le Sueur, MN $148,504 Lewisville, MN $145,356 Madelia, MN $148,504 Madison Lake, MN $145,356 Mapleton, MN $145,356 Minnesota Lake, MN $142,193

Montgomery, MN $148,504 New Prague, MN $148,504 New Richland, MN $142,193 New Ulm, MN $148,504 Nicollet, MN $148,504 Northrop, MN $145,356 Pemberton, MN $142,193 Saint Clair, MN $145,356

Saint James, MN $148,504 Saint Peter, MN $148,504 Sanborn, MN $127,766 Searles, MN $148,504 Sleepy Eye, MN $144,211 Springfield, MN $138,729 Truman, MN $145,356 Twin Lakes, MN $142,193

Vernon Center, MN $145,356 Waldorf, MN $142,193 Waseca, MN $142,193 Waterville, MN $145,356 Wells, MN $142,193 Winnebago, MN $142,193 Windom, MN $127,766 Adrian, MN $127,766

Alpha, MN $127,766 Arco, MN $127,766 Avoca, MN $127,766 Balaton, MN $127,766 Beaver Creek, MN $129,054 Bigelow, MN $127,766 Bingham Lake, MN $127,766 Brewster, MN $127,766

Butterfield, MN $138,128 Ceylon, MN $134,979 Chandler, MN $127,766 Currie, MN $127,766 Dovray, MN $127,766 Dunnell, MN $127,766 Starbuck, MN $139,903 Morris, MN $139,903

Crane Lake, MN $135,995 Cromwell, MN $135,995 Grand Rapids, MN $135,995 Ely, MN $135,995 Embarrass, MN $135,995 Esko, MN $136,940 Eveleth, MN $135,995 Finlayson, MN $135,995

Floodwood, MN $135,995 Forbes, MN $135,995 Gilbert, MN $135,995 Goodland, MN $135,995 Hibbing, MN $135,995 Hill City, MN $135,995 Holyoke, MN $135,995 Hoyt Lakes, MN $135,995

Iron, MN $135,995 Jacobson, MN $135,995 Keewatin, MN $135,995 Kerrick, MN $135,995 Kettle River, MN $135,995 Kinney, MN $135,995 Mcgregor, MN $135,995 Makinen, MN $135,995

Marble, MN $135,995 Meadowlands, MN $135,995 Melrude, MN $135,995 Moose Lake, MN $135,995 Afton, MN $148,676 Almelund, MN $148,504 Bayport, MN $148,590 Bethel, MN $147,431

Braham, MN $144,211 Brook Park, MN $144,211 Cambridge, MN $147,073 Cannon Falls, MN $145,356 Castle Rock, MN $147,717 Cedar, MN $148,175 Center City, MN $148,504 Chisago City, MN $148,504

Circle Pines, MN $149,621 Cottage Grove, MN $148,848 Dalbo, MN $140,561 Wirt, MN $135,995 Thief River Falls, MN $132,460 Alvarado, MN $133,176 Angle Inlet, MN $132,460 Argyle, MN $132,460

Badger, MN $132,460 Brooks, MN $132,460 Crookston, MN $132,747 Donaldson, MN $132,460 East Grand Forks, MN $134,607 Euclid, MN $133,176 Fisher, MN $133,892 Gatzke, MN $132,460

Goodridge, MN $132,460 Greenbush, MN $132,460 Grygla, MN $132,460 Hallock, MN $132,460 Halma, MN $132,460 Humboldt, MN $132,460 Karlstad, MN $132,460 Kennedy, MN $132,460

Lake Bronson, MN $132,460 Lancaster, MN $132,460 Mentor, MN $132,460 Middle River, MN $132,460 Newfolden, MN $132,460 Noyes, MN $132,460 Oak Island, MN $132,460 Oklee, MN $132,460

Oslo, MN $133,176 Plummer, MN $132,460 Red Lake Falls, MN $132,460 Roseau, MN $132,460 Saint Hilaire, MN $132,460 Saint Vincent, MN $132,460 Salol, MN $132,460 Stephen, MN $132,460

Strandquist, MN $132,460 Strathcona, MN $132,460 Viking, MN $132,460 Wannaska, MN $132,460 Warren, MN $132,603 Warroad, MN $132,460 Edgerton, MN $127,766 Georgetown, MN $137,785

Glyndon, MN $137,498 Morton, MN $139,903 Murdock, MN $139,903 New London, MN $139,903 Norcross, MN $135,638 Odessa, MN $139,903 Olivia, MN $139,903 Ortonville, MN $137,770

Pennock, MN $139,903 Porter, MN $127,766 Prinsburg, MN $139,903 Raymond, MN $139,903 Redwood Falls, MN $139,903 Renville, MN $139,903 Sacred Heart, MN $139,903 Seaforth, MN $133,834

Spicer, MN $139,903 Sunburg, MN $139,903 Taunton, MN $127,766 Vesta, MN $133,834 Wabasso, MN $133,834 Wanda, MN $133,834 Watson, MN $139,903 Wheaton, MN $135,638

Wood Lake, MN $133,834 Saint Cloud, MN $141,191 Albany, MN $140,504 Alexandria, MN $139,903 Ashby, MN $135,638 Avon, MN $140,933 Barrett, MN $137,770 Belgrade, MN $139,903

Bock, MN $139,903 Bowlus, MN $140,160 Brandon, MN $139,903 Brooten, MN $139,903 Buckman, MN $139,903 Burtrum, MN $139,903 Carlos, MN $139,903 Cold Spring, MN $141,019

Collegeville, MN $141,191 Cyrus, MN $139,903 Dalton, MN $135,638 Elrosa, MN $139,903 Waltham, MN $142,193 Evansville, MN $137,770 Farwell, MN $139,903 Flensburg, MN $139,903

Foley, MN $140,590 Foreston, MN $139,903 Freeport, MN $139,989 Garfield, MN $139,903 Gilman, MN $140,504 Glenwood, MN $139,903 Greenwald, MN $139,903 Grey Eagle, MN $139,903

Hillman, MN $139,903 Hoffman, MN $139,903 Holdingford, MN $140,418 Holmes City, MN $139,903 Isle, MN $139,903 Kensington, MN $139,903 Lastrup, MN $139,903 Little Falls, MN $139,903

Long Prairie, MN $139,903 Lowry, MN $139,903 Mc Grath, MN $137,942 Melrose, MN $139,903 Milaca, MN $139,903 Miltona, MN $139,903 Nelson, MN $139,903 New Munich, MN $139,903

Oak Park, MN $140,590 Ogilvie, MN $139,903 Onamia, MN $139,903 Osakis, MN $139,903 Parkers Prairie, MN $139,903 Paynesville, MN $139,903 Pease, MN $139,903 Pierz, MN $139,903

Rice, MN $140,847 Richmond, MN $140,676 Rockville, MN $141,191 Roscoe, MN $140,160 Royalton, MN $140,246 Saint Joseph, MN $141,191 Saint Stephen, MN $141,019 Saint Martin, MN $140,160

Sartell, MN $141,191 Sauk Centre, MN $139,903 Sauk Rapids, MN $141,191 Nashua, MN $135,638 Naytahwaush, MN $135,638 New York Mills, MN $135,638 Nielsville, MN $133,333 Ogema, MN $135,638

Osage, MN $135,638 Ottertail, MN $135,638 Pelican Rapids, MN $135,638 Perham, MN $135,638 Perley, MN $136,783 Ponsford, MN $135,638 Richville, MN $135,638 Richwood, MN $135,638

Rochert, MN $135,638 Rothsay, MN $135,638 Sabin, MN $137,498 Shelly, MN $133,892 Tintah, MN $135,638 Twin Valley, MN $135,638 Ulen, MN $135,638 Underwood, MN $135,638

Vergas, MN $135,638 Vining, MN $137,770 Waubun, MN $135,638 Wendell, MN $135,638 White Earth, MN $135,638 Winger, MN $134,049 Wolf Lake, MN $135,638 Wolverton, MN $135,638

Bemidji, MN $134,049 Bagley, MN $134,049 Baudette, MN $132,460 Bena, MN $135,995 Big Falls, MN $135,995 Bigfork, MN $135,995 Birchdale, MN $134,221 Blackduck, MN $134,049

Bowstring, MN $135,995 Cass Lake, MN $135,638 Clearbrook, MN $134,049 Deer River, MN $135,995 Talmoon, MN $135,995 Effie, MN $135,995 Federal Dam, MN $135,995 Gonvick, MN $132,460

Gully, MN $132,460 Hines, MN $134,049 International Falls, MN $135,995 Kelliher, MN $134,049 Lengby, MN $134,049 Leonard, MN $134,049 Littlefork, MN $135,995 Loman, MN $134,221

Longville, MN $137,942 Marcell, MN $135,995 Margie, MN $135,995 Max, MN $135,995 Mizpah, MN $134,221 Northome, MN $134,693 Outing, MN $137,942 Pennington, MN $134,693

Ponemah, MN $132,460 Puposky, MN $134,049 Ranier, MN $135,995 Kabetogama, MN $135,995 Redby, MN $132,460 Redlake, MN $132,460 Remer, MN $135,995 Roosevelt, MN $132,460

Shevlin, MN $134,049 Solway, MN $134,049 South International Falls, MN $135,995 Spring Lake, MN $135,995 Squaw Lake, MN $135,995 Swift, MN $132,460 Tenstrike, MN $134,049 Trail, MN $132,460

Swanville, MN $139,903 Moorhead, MN $137,785 Upsala, MN $139,903 Villard, MN $139,903 Wahkon, MN $139,903 Waite Park, MN $141,191 West Union, MN $139,903 Brainerd, MN $139,903

Baxter, MN $139,903 Ah Gwah Ching, MN $137,183 Aitkin, MN $137,942 Akeley, MN $137,770 Aldrich, MN $139,903 Backus, MN $139,903 Benedict, MN $135,638 Bertha, MN $139,903

Browerville, MN $139,903 Clarissa, MN $139,903 Crosby, MN $139,903 Crosslake, MN $139,903 Cushing, MN $139,903 Deerwood, MN $139,903 Eagle Bend, MN $139,903 Emily, MN $137,942

Fifty Lakes, MN $139,903 Fort Ripley, MN $139,903 Garrison, MN $139,903 Hackensack, MN $139,903 Hewitt, MN $139,903 Ironton, MN $139,903 Jenkins, MN $139,903 Lake George, MN $135,638

Lake Hubert, MN $139,903 Laporte, MN $135,638 Menahga, MN $135,638 Merrifield, MN $139,903 Motley, MN $139,903 Nevis, MN $135,638 Nisswa, MN $139,903 Palisade, MN $135,995

Park Rapids, MN $135,638 Pequot Lakes, MN $139,903 Pillager, MN $139,903 Pine River, MN $139,903 Randall, MN $139,903 Sebeka, MN $137,770 Nimrod, MN $139,903 Staples, MN $139,903

Verndale, MN $139,903 Wadena, MN $139,903 Walker, MN $137,770 Detroit Lakes, MN $135,638 Ada, MN $135,638 Audubon, MN $135,638 Barnesville, MN $135,638 Battle Lake, MN $135,638

Bejou, MN $135,638 Beltrami, MN $133,290 Bluffton, MN $137,770 Borup, MN $135,924 Breckenridge, MN $135,638 Callaway, MN $135,638 Campbell, MN $135,638 Climax, MN $132,918

Clitherall, MN $135,638 Comstock, MN $136,640 Deer Creek, MN $137,770 Dent, MN $135,638 Dilworth, MN $137,785 Elbow Lake, MN $135,638 Elizabeth, MN $135,638 Erhard, MN $135,638

Erskine, MN $132,460 Felton, MN $136,640 Fergus Falls, MN $135,638 Fertile, MN $132,918 Flom, MN $135,638 Fosston, MN $134,049 Foxhome, MN $135,638 Frazee, MN $135,638

Gary, MN $135,638 Halstad, MN $134,579 Wabasha, MN $142,193 Hawley, MN $135,781 Hendrum, MN $135,337 Henning, MN $137,770 Hitterdal, MN $135,638 Kent, MN $135,638

Lake Park, MN $135,638 Mcintosh, MN $132,460 Mahnomen, MN $135,638 Wilton, MN $134,049 Waskish, MN $132,460 Williams, MN $132,460 Mountain Iron, MN $135,995 Cotton, MN $135,995

Wayzata, MN $149,621 Navarre, MN $149,535 Young America, MN $148,504 Winsted, MN $144,812 Winthrop, MN $148,504 Zimmerman, MN $143,552 Minneapolis, MN $149,793 Nashwauk, MN $135,995

Orr, MN $135,995 Nett Lake, MN $135,995 Pengilly, MN $135,995 Virginia, MN $135,995 Saginaw, MN $136,682 Sawyer, MN $135,995 Side Lake, MN $135,995 Soudan, MN $135,995

Sturgeon Lake, MN $135,995 Swan River, MN $135,995 Swatara, MN $135,995 Taconite, MN $135,995 Tamarack, MN $135,995 Tower, MN $135,995 Twig, MN $136,854 Warba, MN $135,995

Willow River, MN $135,995 Winton, MN $135,995 Wrenshall, MN $136,597 Wright, MN $135,995 Duluth, MN $137,284 Rochester, MN $143,481 Adams, MN $142,193 Altura, MN $139,473

Austin, MN $142,193 Blooming Prairie, MN $142,193 Brownsdale, MN $142,193 Brownsville, MN $134,650 Dundas, MN $146,057 Elko New Market, MN $148,504 Faribault, MN $143,910 Farmington, MN $148,676

Forest Lake, MN $148,504 Frontenac, MN $142,193 Goodhue, MN $142,193 Grandy, MN $148,504 Grasston, MN $144,211 Hampton, MN $147,288 Harris, MN $148,504 Hastings, MN $148,504

Henriette, MN $144,211 Hinckley, MN $137,942 Hugo, MN $149,020 Isanti, MN $147,073 Lake City, MN $142,193 Lake Elmo, MN $149,106 Lakeland, MN $148,504 Lakeville, MN $148,848

Lindstrom, MN $148,504 Lonsdale, MN $148,504 Marine On Saint Croix, MN $148,504 Medford, MN $142,193 Mora, MN $139,903 Morristown, MN $142,193 Nerstrand, MN $143,695 Newport, MN $149,277

North Branch, MN $148,504 Northfield, MN $146,300 Owatonna, MN $142,193 Pine City, MN $144,211 Randolph, MN $146,229 Red Wing, MN $144,397 Rock Creek, MN $148,504 Rosemount, MN $149,020

Rush City, MN $148,504 Saint Francis, MN $145,928 Saint Paul Park, MN $149,191 Sandstone, MN $135,995 Scandia, MN $148,504 Shafer, MN $148,504 South Saint Paul, MN $149,535 Inver Grove Heights, MN $149,363

Waverly, MN $144,340 Byron, MN $143,481 Caledonia, MN $134,035 Canton, MN $135,981 Chatfield, MN $141,949 Claremont, MN $142,193 Dakota, MN $134,650 Dexter, MN $142,193

Dodge Center, MN $142,880 Dover, MN $142,708 Eitzen, MN $133,577 Elgin, MN $143,223 Elkton, MN $142,193 Eyota, MN $143,051 Fountain, MN $140,862 Grand Meadow, MN $142,193

Harmony, MN $137,842 Hayfield, MN $142,622 Hokah, MN $134,650 Homer, MN $134,350 Houston, MN $134,035 Kasson, MN $143,223 Kellogg, MN $142,193 Kenyon, MN $142,193

La Crescent, MN $134,650 Lanesboro, MN $138,328 Lansing, MN $142,193 Le Roy, MN $142,193 Lewiston, MN $138,099 Lyle, MN $142,193 Mabel, MN $133,505 Mantorville, MN $143,223

Mazeppa, MN $143,051 Millville, MN $142,880 Minnesota City, MN $137,269 Oronoco, MN $143,481 Ostrander, MN $142,193 Peterson, MN $136,768 Pine Island, MN $143,223 Plainview, MN $142,794

Preston, MN $139,817 Racine, MN $142,622 Reads Landing, MN $142,193 Rollingstone, MN $138,142 Rose Creek, MN $142,193 Rushford, MN $135,881 Saint Charles, MN $140,547 Sargeant, MN $142,364

Spring Grove, MN $133,505 Spring Valley, MN $142,193 Stewartville, MN $143,137 Taopi, MN $142,193 Utica, MN $139,130 Ellsworth, MN $127,766 Fulda, MN $127,766 Garvin, MN $127,766

Hardwick, MN $127,766 Hendricks, MN $127,766 Heron Lake, MN $127,766 Hills, MN $129,197 Holland, MN $127,766 Ihlen, MN $127,766 Iona, MN $127,766 Ivanhoe, MN $127,766

Jackson, MN $127,766 Jasper, MN $127,766 Jeffers, MN $127,766 Kanaranzi, MN $127,766 Kenneth, MN $127,766 Lake Benton, MN $127,766 Lakefield, MN $127,766 Lake Wilson, MN $127,766

Lamberton, MN $127,766 Leota, MN $127,766 Lismore, MN $127,766 Luverne, MN $127,909 Lynd, MN $127,766 Magnolia, MN $127,766 Mountain Lake, MN $127,766 Odin, MN $138,128

Okabena, MN $127,766 Ormsby, MN $139,488 Pipestone, MN $127,766 Reading, MN $127,766 Revere, MN $127,766 Round Lake, MN $127,766 Rushmore, MN $127,766 Russell, MN $127,766

Ruthton, MN $127,766 Sherburn, MN $127,766 Slayton, MN $127,766 Steen, MN $128,338 Storden, MN $127,766 Tracy, MN $127,766 Trimont, MN $127,766 Trosky, MN $127,766

Tyler, MN $127,766 Walnut Grove, MN $127,766 Welcome, MN $139,488 Westbrook, MN $127,766 Wilmont, MN $127,766 Woodstock, MN $127,766 Worthington, MN $127,766 Beaver Bay, MN $135,995

Brimson, MN $135,995 Finland, MN $135,995 Grand Marais, MN $135,995 Grand Portage, MN $135,995 Hovland, MN $135,995 Isabella, MN $135,995 Knife River, MN $136,511 Lutsen, MN $135,995

Schroeder, MN $135,995 Silver Bay, MN $135,995 Tofte, MN $135,995 Two Harbors, MN $135,995 Adolph, MN $137,284 Alborn, MN $135,995 Angora, MN $135,995 Askov, MN $135,995

Aurora, MN $135,995 Babbitt, MN $135,995 Barnum, MN $135,995 Biwabik, MN $135,995 Bovey, MN $135,995 Britt, MN $135,995 Brookston, MN $135,995 Bruno, MN $135,995

Buhl, MN $135,995 Calumet, MN $135,995 Canyon, MN $135,995 Carlton, MN $136,682 Chisholm, MN $135,995 Cloquet, MN $136,511 Cohasset, MN $135,995 Coleraine, MN $135,995

Cook, MN $135,995 Albertville, MN $145,069 Annandale, MN $140,332 Anoka, MN $149,191 Andover, MN $149,020 Hopkins, MN $149,793 Burnsville, MN $149,363 Arlington, MN $148,504

Becker, MN $140,332 Big Lake, MN $143,438 Bird Island, MN $139,903 Osseo, MN $149,707 Brownton, MN $144,211 Buffalo, MN $143,982 Buffalo Lake, MN $139,903 Carver, MN $148,676

Champlin, MN $149,449 Chanhassen, MN $149,277 Chaska, MN $149,020 Clear Lake, MN $141,019 Clearwater, MN $141,019 Cokato, MN $141,778 Cologne, MN $148,504 Crystal Bay, MN $149,277

Darwin, MN $139,903 Dassel, MN $139,903 Dayton, MN $149,191 Delano, MN $146,043 Eden Valley, MN $140,160 Elk River, MN $145,012 Excelsior, MN $149,363 Fairfax, MN $144,211

Franklin, MN $139,903 Gaylord, MN $148,504 Gibbon, MN $144,211 Glencoe, MN $148,504 Green Isle, MN $148,504 Hamburg, MN $148,504 Hamel, MN $149,277 Hanover, MN $146,100

Hector, MN $139,903 Eden Prairie, MN $149,535 Minnetonka, MN $149,793 Maple Plain, MN $149,020 Howard Lake, MN $143,409 Hutchinson, MN $139,903 Jordan, MN $148,504 Kimball, MN $140,676

Lester Prairie, MN $146,358 Litchfield, MN $139,903 Long Lake, MN $149,449 Loretto, MN $149,106 Maple Lake, MN $142,350 Mayer, MN $147,689 Dennison, MN $144,382 Stacy, MN $148,504

Stanchfield, MN $144,211 Stillwater, MN $148,676 Taylors Falls, MN $148,504 Vermillion, MN $148,247 Warsaw, MN $142,193 Webster, MN $148,504 Welch, MN $145,485 Willernie, MN $149,191

Wyoming, MN $148,504 Saint Paul, MN $149,793 Mendota, MN $149,793 Minnetonka Beach, MN $149,363 Monticello, MN $143,338 Montrose, MN $144,740 Mound, MN $149,020 New Auburn, MN $148,504

New Germany, MN $147,073 Norwood Young America, MN $148,504 Plato, MN $148,504 Princeton, MN $141,892 Prior Lake, MN $149,020 Rockford, MN $146,014 Rogers, MN $148,934 Saint Bonifacius, MN $148,275

Saint Michael, MN $145,284 Santiago, MN $140,418 Savage, MN $149,277 Shakopee, MN $149,191 Silver Creek, MN $140,418 Silver Lake, MN $143,810 South Haven, MN $140,590 Norwood, MN $148,504

Spring Park, MN $149,106 Stewart, MN $144,211 Victoria, MN $148,934 Waconia, MN $148,504 Watertown, MN $146,658 Watkins, MN $140,504 Wanamingo, MN $142,364 West Concord, MN $142,536

Winona, MN $135,752 Stockton, MN $137,198 Wykoff, MN $142,193 Zumbro Falls, MN $142,966 Zumbrota, MN $142,708 Mankato, MN $148,504 Albert Lea, MN $142,193 Alden, MN $142,193

Amboy, MN $145,356 Belle Plaine, MN $148,504 Blue Earth, MN $142,193 Bricelyn, MN $142,193 Clarks Grove, MN $142,193 Cleveland, MN $148,504 Comfrey, MN $138,729 Willmar, MN $139,903

Alberta, MN $139,903 Appleton, MN $139,903 Atwater, MN $139,903 Barry, MN $135,638 Beardsley, MN $135,638 Bellingham, MN $133,834 Belview, MN $139,903 Benson, MN $139,903

Blomkest, MN $139,903 Boyd, MN $133,834 Browns Valley, MN $135,638 Canby, MN $127,766 Chokio, MN $137,770 Clara City, MN $139,903 Clarkfield, MN $133,834 Clements, MN $138,729

Clinton, MN $137,770 Clontarf, MN $139,903 Correll, MN $139,903 Cosmos, MN $139,903 Cottonwood, MN $133,834 Danube, MN $139,903 Danvers, MN $139,903 Dawson, MN $133,834

Donnelly, MN $137,770 Dumont, MN $135,638 Echo, MN $139,903 Ghent, MN $127,766 Graceville, MN $135,638 Granite Falls, MN $139,903 Grove City, MN $139,903 Hancock, MN $139,903

Hanley Falls, MN $133,834 Herman, MN $135,638 Holloway, MN $139,903 Kandiyohi, MN $139,903 Kerkhoven, MN $139,903 Lake Lillian, MN $139,903 Lucan, MN $127,766 Madison, MN $133,834

Marietta, MN $127,766 Marshall, MN $127,766 Maynard, MN $139,903 Milan, MN $139,903 Milroy, MN $127,766 Minneota, MN $127,766 Montevideo, MN $139,903 Morgan, MN $144,211

IT Project Lead Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an IT Project Lead's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on April 01, 2026

$136,880

Average $146,458/year

$156,853

$11,407

Average $12,205/month

$13,071

$2,632

Average $2,816/week

$3,016

$66

Average $70/hour

$75

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$156,853	$13,071	$3,016	$75
Average	$146,458	$12,205	$2,816	$70
25th Percentile	$136,880	$11,407	$2,632	$66

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