Operational Specialist Salary in Minnesota

How much does an Operational Specialist make in Minnesota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an Operational Specialist in Minnesota is $119,419 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $57.

However, an Operational Specialist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $139,250
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $111,187 to $129,799
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $103,691

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Operational Specialist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$129,799	$10,817	$2,496	$62
Average	$119,419	$9,952	$2,297	$57
25th Percentile	$111,187	$9,266	$2,138	$53

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Key Factors That Influence Operational Specialist Salaries

An Operational Specialist'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 Operational Specialist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Operational Specialist'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): $89,678
Early Career (1-2 years): $103,289
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $118,656
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $138,965
Expert (over 8 years): $149,538

Levels	Salary
Operation... Level Operational Specialist	$89,678
Operation... Level Operational Specialist	$103,289
Operation... Level Operational Specialist	$118,656
Operation... Level Operational Specialist	$138,965
Operation... Level Operational Specialist	$149,538

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How Do Operational Specialist 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 Operational Specialists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $129,210.
California: $128,720.
Massachusetts: $127,005.

District of Columbia $129,210 California $128,720 Massachusetts $127,005 Washington $126,538 New Jersey $126,491 Alaska $126,328 Connecticut $124,717 New York $124,064

Hawaii $121,975 Rhode Island $120,995 Maryland $120,329 Minnesota $119,419 Colorado $119,069 Illinois $118,952 Oregon $118,509 Delaware $118,182

New Hampshire $117,977 Virginia $117,517 Pennsylvania $116,175 Nevada $115,498 North Dakota $115,276 Michigan $114,926 Wisconsin $114,798 Vermont $114,541

Texas $113,829 Maine $113,783 Arizona $113,712 Ohio $113,631 Georgia $112,557 Indiana $112,020 Wyoming $111,915 Utah $111,752

Iowa $111,682 Kansas $111,122 Louisiana $110,958 North Carolina $110,900 Missouri $110,877 Florida $110,422 Montana $110,176 Nebraska $109,943

Kentucky $109,815 South Carolina $109,348 Tennessee $109,056 Idaho $108,939 New Mexico $108,088 Oklahoma $107,901 Alabama $107,212 South Dakota $106,057

Arkansas $105,427 West Virginia $105,088 Mississippi $104,073

Top Paying Cities for Operational Specialists

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: $114,334
Courtland: $114,205
Darfur: $113,617

Conger, MN $114,334 Courtland, MN $114,205 Darfur, MN $113,617 Delavan, MN $113,635 Eagle Lake, MN $115,282 Easton, MN $113,679 Ellendale, MN $115,283 Elmore, MN $113,092

Elysian, MN $115,856 Emmons, MN $113,434 Essig, MN $113,767 Fairmont, MN $113,395 Freeborn, MN $114,496 Frost, MN $113,274 Garden City, MN $113,626 Geneva, MN $115,572

Glenville, MN $113,928 Good Thunder, MN $113,830 Granada, MN $113,284 Hanska, MN $113,287 Hartland, MN $114,594 Hayward, MN $114,587 Henderson, MN $116,569 Hollandale, MN $115,072

Hope, MN $115,635 Huntley, MN $113,548 Janesville, MN $115,055 Kasota, MN $115,487 Kiester, MN $113,455 Kilkenny, MN $116,412 Lafayette, MN $114,431 Lake Crystal, MN $113,808

La Salle, MN $113,500 Le Center, MN $116,650 Le Sueur, MN $116,398 Lewisville, MN $113,382 Madelia, MN $113,470 Madison Lake, MN $115,602 Mapleton, MN $113,888 Minnesota Lake, MN $113,947

Montgomery, MN $117,068 New Prague, MN $118,518 New Richland, MN $114,869 New Ulm, MN $113,751 Nicollet, MN $114,826 Northrop, MN $114,091 Pemberton, MN $114,468 Saint Clair, MN $115,202

Saint James, MN $113,386 Saint Peter, MN $115,748 Sanborn, MN $112,934 Searles, MN $113,571 Sleepy Eye, MN $113,200 Springfield, MN $113,093 Truman, MN $113,417 Twin Lakes, MN $113,742

Vernon Center, MN $113,550 Waldorf, MN $114,206 Waseca, MN $115,256 Waterville, MN $116,056 Wells, MN $113,956 Winnebago, MN $113,618 Windom, MN $113,226 Adrian, MN $110,280

Alpha, MN $112,896 Arco, MN $112,740 Avoca, MN $112,675 Balaton, MN $112,458 Beaver Creek, MN $107,454 Bigelow, MN $111,329 Bingham Lake, MN $113,057 Brewster, MN $112,729

Butterfield, MN $113,186 Ceylon, MN $112,984 Chandler, MN $110,897 Currie, MN $112,884 Dovray, MN $113,325 Dunnell, MN $112,813 Starbuck, MN $112,824 Morris, MN $112,896

Crane Lake, MN $111,730 Cromwell, MN $112,153 Grand Rapids, MN $112,186 Ely, MN $111,893 Embarrass, MN $111,734 Esko, MN $112,123 Eveleth, MN $111,904 Finlayson, MN $112,460

Floodwood, MN $111,837 Forbes, MN $111,538 Gilbert, MN $111,873 Goodland, MN $111,701 Hibbing, MN $111,622 Hill City, MN $112,058 Holyoke, MN $112,144 Hoyt Lakes, MN $111,892

Iron, MN $111,566 Jacobson, MN $111,771 Keewatin, MN $112,124 Kerrick, MN $112,339 Kettle River, MN $112,333 Kinney, MN $111,740 Mcgregor, MN $112,166 Makinen, MN $111,757

Marble, MN $112,055 Meadowlands, MN $111,783 Melrude, MN $111,740 Moose Lake, MN $112,578 Afton, MN $119,682 Almelund, MN $116,701 Bayport, MN $119,484 Bethel, MN $118,467

Braham, MN $115,056 Brook Park, MN $113,255 Cambridge, MN $116,379 Cannon Falls, MN $116,902 Castle Rock, MN $118,790 Cedar, MN $119,008 Center City, MN $117,460 Chisago City, MN $118,481

Circle Pines, MN $120,569 Cottage Grove, MN $119,986 Dalbo, MN $115,038 Wirt, MN $111,862 Thief River Falls, MN $112,528 Alvarado, MN $112,181 Angle Inlet, MN $112,132 Argyle, MN $112,319

Badger, MN $112,393 Brooks, MN $112,421 Crookston, MN $112,233 Donaldson, MN $112,369 East Grand Forks, MN $112,044 Euclid, MN $112,121 Fisher, MN $112,050 Gatzke, MN $112,199

Goodridge, MN $112,279 Greenbush, MN $112,397 Grygla, MN $112,149 Hallock, MN $112,672 Halma, MN $112,363 Humboldt, MN $112,607 Karlstad, MN $112,439 Kennedy, MN $112,422

Lake Bronson, MN $112,341 Lancaster, MN $112,349 Mentor, MN $112,386 Middle River, MN $112,331 Newfolden, MN $112,359 Noyes, MN $112,707 Oak Island, MN $112,128 Oklee, MN $112,445

Oslo, MN $112,214 Plummer, MN $112,397 Red Lake Falls, MN $112,339 Roseau, MN $112,464 Saint Hilaire, MN $112,408 Saint Vincent, MN $112,617 Salol, MN $112,366 Stephen, MN $112,319

Strandquist, MN $112,285 Strathcona, MN $112,271 Viking, MN $112,229 Wannaska, MN $112,328 Warren, MN $112,186 Warroad, MN $112,499 Edgerton, MN $110,293 Georgetown, MN $112,419

Glyndon, MN $112,407 Morton, MN $113,020 Murdock, MN $112,789 New London, MN $113,779 Norcross, MN $112,473 Odessa, MN $112,390 Olivia, MN $113,003 Ortonville, MN $112,625

Pennock, MN $113,235 Porter, MN $112,601 Prinsburg, MN $113,048 Raymond, MN $112,890 Redwood Falls, MN $113,008 Renville, MN $112,883 Sacred Heart, MN $112,816 Seaforth, MN $113,146

Spicer, MN $113,883 Sunburg, MN $113,146 Taunton, MN $112,780 Vesta, MN $112,770 Wabasso, MN $112,893 Wanda, MN $113,305 Watson, MN $112,840 Wheaton, MN $112,606

Wood Lake, MN $112,796 Saint Cloud, MN $115,129 Albany, MN $114,463 Alexandria, MN $113,036 Ashby, MN $112,757 Avon, MN $114,800 Barrett, MN $112,683 Belgrade, MN $113,667

Bock, MN $115,036 Bowlus, MN $114,325 Brandon, MN $112,784 Brooten, MN $113,304 Buckman, MN $114,519 Burtrum, MN $113,868 Carlos, MN $112,800 Cold Spring, MN $114,917

Collegeville, MN $114,934 Cyrus, MN $112,767 Dalton, MN $112,708 Elrosa, MN $114,235 Waltham, MN $115,910 Evansville, MN $112,723 Farwell, MN $112,777 Flensburg, MN $113,923

Foley, MN $114,823 Foreston, MN $114,846 Freeport, MN $114,243 Garfield, MN $112,803 Gilman, MN $114,791 Glenwood, MN $113,034 Greenwald, MN $114,189 Grey Eagle, MN $113,812

Hillman, MN $113,744 Hoffman, MN $112,779 Holdingford, MN $114,478 Holmes City, MN $112,768 Isle, MN $112,521 Kensington, MN $112,742 Lastrup, MN $113,761 Little Falls, MN $113,853

Long Prairie, MN $113,409 Lowry, MN $112,801 Mc Grath, MN $112,193 Melrose, MN $114,022 Milaca, MN $114,680 Miltona, MN $112,798 Nelson, MN $112,827 New Munich, MN $114,186

Oak Park, MN $114,927 Ogilvie, MN $114,252 Onamia, MN $113,393 Osakis, MN $113,166 Parkers Prairie, MN $112,679 Paynesville, MN $114,560 Pease, MN $115,051 Pierz, MN $113,827

Rice, MN $114,746 Richmond, MN $114,731 Rockville, MN $115,004 Roscoe, MN $114,647 Royalton, MN $114,552 Saint Joseph, MN $115,066 Saint Stephen, MN $114,848 Saint Martin, MN $114,599

Sartell, MN $115,002 Sauk Centre, MN $113,613 Sauk Rapids, MN $114,944 Nashua, MN $112,613 Naytahwaush, MN $112,710 New York Mills, MN $112,661 Nielsville, MN $112,390 Ogema, MN $112,458

Osage, MN $112,545 Ottertail, MN $112,760 Pelican Rapids, MN $112,644 Perham, MN $112,759 Perley, MN $112,472 Ponsford, MN $112,450 Richville, MN $112,661 Richwood, MN $112,510

Rochert, MN $112,554 Rothsay, MN $112,508 Sabin, MN $112,433 Shelly, MN $112,513 Tintah, MN $112,536 Twin Valley, MN $112,445 Ulen, MN $112,431 Underwood, MN $112,731

Vergas, MN $112,641 Vining, MN $112,634 Waubun, MN $112,465 Wendell, MN $112,582 White Earth, MN $112,820 Winger, MN $112,466 Wolf Lake, MN $112,550 Wolverton, MN $112,586

Bemidji, MN $112,690 Bagley, MN $112,549 Baudette, MN $112,272 Bena, MN $112,114 Big Falls, MN $111,773 Bigfork, MN $111,883 Birchdale, MN $111,905 Blackduck, MN $112,286

Bowstring, MN $112,013 Cass Lake, MN $112,457 Clearbrook, MN $112,505 Deer River, MN $112,100 Talmoon, MN $112,050 Effie, MN $111,789 Federal Dam, MN $112,303 Gonvick, MN $112,456

Gully, MN $112,372 Hines, MN $112,345 International Falls, MN $112,284 Kelliher, MN $112,215 Lengby, MN $112,498 Leonard, MN $112,422 Littlefork, MN $111,982 Loman, MN $111,960

Longville, MN $112,383 Marcell, MN $111,918 Margie, MN $111,860 Max, MN $112,025 Mizpah, MN $112,045 Northome, MN $112,031 Outing, MN $112,223 Pennington, MN $112,250

Ponemah, MN $112,459 Puposky, MN $112,377 Ranier, MN $112,736 Kabetogama, MN $111,869 Redby, MN $112,589 Redlake, MN $112,439 Remer, MN $112,139 Roosevelt, MN $112,265

Shevlin, MN $112,449 Solway, MN $112,478 South International Falls, MN $112,300 Spring Lake, MN $112,051 Squaw Lake, MN $112,034 Swift, MN $112,274 Tenstrike, MN $112,404 Trail, MN $112,330

Swanville, MN $113,805 Moorhead, MN $112,358 Upsala, MN $114,171 Villard, MN $113,094 Wahkon, MN $113,148 Waite Park, MN $115,126 West Union, MN $113,499 Brainerd, MN $112,942

Baxter, MN $113,079 Ah Gwah Ching, MN $112,550 Aitkin, MN $112,437 Akeley, MN $112,499 Aldrich, MN $112,616 Backus, MN $112,487 Benedict, MN $112,440 Bertha, MN $112,694

Browerville, MN $112,994 Clarissa, MN $112,850 Crosby, MN $112,550 Crosslake, MN $112,627 Cushing, MN $113,043 Deerwood, MN $112,640 Eagle Bend, MN $112,691 Emily, MN $112,326

Fifty Lakes, MN $112,331 Fort Ripley, MN $113,240 Garrison, MN $113,045 Hackensack, MN $112,471 Hewitt, MN $112,642 Ironton, MN $112,673 Jenkins, MN $112,631 Lake George, MN $112,540

Lake Hubert, MN $112,723 Laporte, MN $112,468 Menahga, MN $112,591 Merrifield, MN $112,637 Motley, MN $112,577 Nevis, MN $112,551 Nisswa, MN $112,735 Palisade, MN $112,069

Park Rapids, MN $112,621 Pequot Lakes, MN $112,651 Pillager, MN $112,702 Pine River, MN $112,499 Randall, MN $113,434 Sebeka, MN $112,530 Nimrod, MN $112,519 Staples, MN $112,661

Verndale, MN $112,585 Wadena, MN $112,756 Walker, MN $112,541 Detroit Lakes, MN $112,771 Ada, MN $112,435 Audubon, MN $112,621 Barnesville, MN $112,489 Battle Lake, MN $112,749

Bejou, MN $112,330 Beltrami, MN $112,419 Bluffton, MN $112,645 Borup, MN $112,424 Breckenridge, MN $112,869 Callaway, MN $112,500 Campbell, MN $112,606 Climax, MN $112,230

Clitherall, MN $112,676 Comstock, MN $112,474 Deer Creek, MN $112,645 Dent, MN $112,669 Dilworth, MN $112,349 Elbow Lake, MN $112,712 Elizabeth, MN $112,644 Erhard, MN $112,613

Erskine, MN $112,519 Felton, MN $112,402 Fergus Falls, MN $112,830 Fertile, MN $112,467 Flom, MN $112,415 Fosston, MN $112,554 Foxhome, MN $112,522 Frazee, MN $112,649

Gary, MN $112,334 Halstad, MN $112,503 Wabasha, MN $115,640 Hawley, MN $112,421 Hendrum, MN $112,475 Henning, MN $112,691 Hitterdal, MN $112,429 Kent, MN $112,545

Lake Park, MN $112,450 Mcintosh, MN $112,515 Mahnomen, MN $112,512 Wilton, MN $112,449 Waskish, MN $111,988 Williams, MN $112,283 Mountain Iron, MN $111,666 Cotton, MN $111,901

Wayzata, MN $120,755 Navarre, MN $120,768 Young America, MN $117,995 Winsted, MN $116,788 Winthrop, MN $114,770 Zimmerman, MN $116,281 Minneapolis, MN $121,905 Nashwauk, MN $111,678

Orr, MN $111,718 Nett Lake, MN $112,440 Pengilly, MN $111,733 Virginia, MN $111,867 Saginaw, MN $112,075 Sawyer, MN $112,088 Side Lake, MN $111,687 Soudan, MN $112,020

Sturgeon Lake, MN $112,521 Swan River, MN $111,706 Swatara, MN $111,989 Taconite, MN $112,110 Tamarack, MN $111,968 Tower, MN $111,849 Twig, MN $112,108 Warba, MN $111,811

Willow River, MN $112,619 Winton, MN $112,541 Wrenshall, MN $112,118 Wright, MN $112,047 Duluth, MN $112,125 Rochester, MN $116,992 Adams, MN $114,667 Altura, MN $114,926

Austin, MN $115,337 Blooming Prairie, MN $116,010 Brownsdale, MN $115,757 Brownsville, MN $110,305 Dundas, MN $117,442 Elko New Market, MN $119,027 Faribault, MN $116,372 Farmington, MN $119,347

Forest Lake, MN $119,575 Frontenac, MN $115,797 Goodhue, MN $116,446 Grandy, MN $116,056 Grasston, MN $114,148 Hampton, MN $118,647 Harris, MN $116,265 Hastings, MN $118,963

Henriette, MN $114,180 Hinckley, MN $112,702 Hugo, MN $120,024 Isanti, MN $117,607 Lake City, MN $116,152 Lake Elmo, MN $120,183 Lakeland, MN $119,423 Lakeville, MN $119,621

Lindstrom, MN $117,934 Lonsdale, MN $117,823 Marine On Saint Croix, MN $119,116 Medford, MN $115,994 Mora, MN $113,563 Morristown, MN $115,969 Nerstrand, MN $116,107 Newport, MN $120,609

North Branch, MN $117,464 Northfield, MN $117,925 Owatonna, MN $115,958 Pine City, MN $114,232 Randolph, MN $118,300 Red Wing, MN $116,205 Rock Creek, MN $115,021 Rosemount, MN $120,039

Rush City, MN $115,428 Saint Francis, MN $118,266 Saint Paul Park, MN $120,334 Sandstone, MN $112,667 Scandia, MN $118,733 Shafer, MN $117,537 South Saint Paul, MN $120,878 Inver Grove Heights, MN $120,591

Waverly, MN $116,926 Byron, MN $117,000 Caledonia, MN $110,797 Canton, MN $113,019 Chatfield, MN $115,731 Claremont, MN $116,289 Dakota, MN $110,562 Dexter, MN $115,959

Dodge Center, MN $116,463 Dover, MN $115,989 Eitzen, MN $110,798 Elgin, MN $116,698 Elkton, MN $115,539 Eyota, MN $116,608 Fountain, MN $114,898 Grand Meadow, MN $115,905

Harmony, MN $113,399 Hayfield, MN $116,281 Hokah, MN $110,027 Homer, MN $111,348 Houston, MN $111,020 Kasson, MN $116,733 Kellogg, MN $115,430 Kenyon, MN $116,507

La Crescent, MN $110,003 Lanesboro, MN $113,424 Lansing, MN $115,554 Le Roy, MN $114,266 Lewiston, MN $113,561 Lyle, MN $114,218 Mabel, MN $112,702 Mantorville, MN $116,719

Mazeppa, MN $116,556 Millville, MN $116,444 Minnesota City, MN $113,624 Oronoco, MN $117,000 Ostrander, MN $115,338 Peterson, MN $113,221 Pine Island, MN $116,721 Plainview, MN $116,035

Preston, MN $113,952 Racine, MN $116,301 Reads Landing, MN $115,622 Rollingstone, MN $114,113 Rose Creek, MN $114,748 Rushford, MN $112,439 Saint Charles, MN $115,426 Sargeant, MN $116,099

Spring Grove, MN $111,717 Spring Valley, MN $115,691 Stewartville, MN $116,607 Taopi, MN $114,429 Utica, MN $114,392 Ellsworth, MN $109,216 Fulda, MN $112,502 Garvin, MN $112,849

Hardwick, MN $108,873 Hendricks, MN $112,446 Heron Lake, MN $113,027 Hills, MN $107,306 Holland, MN $111,053 Ihlen, MN $108,971 Iona, MN $111,479 Ivanhoe, MN $112,677

Jackson, MN $113,010 Jasper, MN $108,449 Jeffers, MN $113,019 Kanaranzi, MN $108,929 Kenneth, MN $109,614 Lake Benton, MN $111,859 Lakefield, MN $112,849 Lake Wilson, MN $111,509

Lamberton, MN $112,918 Leota, MN $110,609 Lismore, MN $110,508 Luverne, MN $108,414 Lynd, MN $112,910 Magnolia, MN $109,118 Mountain Lake, MN $113,215 Odin, MN $113,190

Okabena, MN $112,989 Ormsby, MN $113,246 Pipestone, MN $110,432 Reading, MN $111,571 Revere, MN $112,863 Round Lake, MN $112,640 Rushmore, MN $110,877 Russell, MN $112,842

Ruthton, MN $111,656 Sherburn, MN $113,159 Slayton, MN $112,171 Steen, MN $108,083 Storden, MN $112,983 Tracy, MN $112,963 Trimont, MN $113,309 Trosky, MN $109,235

Tyler, MN $112,303 Walnut Grove, MN $112,887 Welcome, MN $113,311 Westbrook, MN $112,988 Wilmont, MN $111,191 Woodstock, MN $110,939 Worthington, MN $112,188 Beaver Bay, MN $112,064

Brimson, MN $111,697 Finland, MN $111,897 Grand Marais, MN $112,128 Grand Portage, MN $112,038 Hovland, MN $112,005 Isabella, MN $111,656 Knife River, MN $112,100 Lutsen, MN $112,069

Schroeder, MN $112,002 Silver Bay, MN $112,069 Tofte, MN $111,954 Two Harbors, MN $112,110 Adolph, MN $112,125 Alborn, MN $111,971 Angora, MN $111,603 Askov, MN $112,746

Aurora, MN $111,930 Babbitt, MN $111,915 Barnum, MN $112,130 Biwabik, MN $112,051 Bovey, MN $111,871 Britt, MN $111,678 Brookston, MN $112,034 Bruno, MN $112,492

Buhl, MN $111,751 Calumet, MN $112,121 Canyon, MN $111,996 Carlton, MN $112,106 Chisholm, MN $111,739 Cloquet, MN $112,093 Cohasset, MN $112,187 Coleraine, MN $112,410

Cook, MN $111,712 Albertville, MN $118,336 Annandale, MN $115,314 Anoka, MN $119,265 Andover, MN $120,019 Hopkins, MN $121,449 Burnsville, MN $120,411 Arlington, MN $116,118

Becker, MN $115,506 Big Lake, MN $116,141 Bird Island, MN $112,966 Osseo, MN $120,602 Brownton, MN $115,170 Buffalo, MN $117,248 Buffalo Lake, MN $113,837 Carver, MN $119,196

Champlin, MN $120,538 Chanhassen, MN $120,451 Chaska, MN $119,787 Clear Lake, MN $115,013 Clearwater, MN $114,990 Cokato, MN $115,545 Cologne, MN $118,754 Crystal Bay, MN $120,455

Darwin, MN $115,049 Dassel, MN $115,468 Dayton, MN $119,973 Delano, MN $118,640 Eden Valley, MN $114,741 Elk River, MN $118,025 Excelsior, MN $120,250 Fairfax, MN $113,153

Franklin, MN $112,968 Gaylord, MN $115,597 Gibbon, MN $113,825 Glencoe, MN $116,125 Green Isle, MN $116,729 Hamburg, MN $117,552 Hamel, MN $120,315 Hanover, MN $119,181

Hector, MN $113,253 Eden Prairie, MN $121,090 Minnetonka, MN $121,032 Maple Plain, MN $119,950 Howard Lake, MN $116,156 Hutchinson, MN $115,069 Jordan, MN $119,223 Kimball, MN $114,903

Lester Prairie, MN $116,956 Litchfield, MN $114,625 Long Lake, MN $120,469 Loretto, MN $119,467 Maple Lake, MN $115,714 Mayer, MN $118,035 Dennison, MN $116,356 Stacy, MN $118,493

Stanchfield, MN $115,551 Stillwater, MN $119,726 Taylors Falls, MN $116,624 Vermillion, MN $119,147 Warsaw, MN $116,250 Webster, MN $118,543 Welch, MN $117,099 Willernie, MN $120,451

Wyoming, MN $119,014 Saint Paul, MN $121,300 Mendota, MN $121,421 Minnetonka Beach, MN $120,493 Monticello, MN $116,091 Montrose, MN $117,673 Mound, MN $119,867 New Auburn, MN $116,102

New Germany, MN $117,614 Norwood Young America, MN $117,955 Plato, MN $117,171 Princeton, MN $115,522 Prior Lake, MN $119,903 Rockford, MN $119,172 Rogers, MN $119,660 Saint Bonifacius, MN $119,473

Saint Michael, MN $118,519 Santiago, MN $115,373 Savage, MN $120,557 Shakopee, MN $120,069 Silver Creek, MN $115,494 Silver Lake, MN $115,941 South Haven, MN $115,014 Norwood, MN $117,882

Spring Park, MN $120,175 Stewart, MN $114,370 Victoria, MN $119,793 Waconia, MN $119,019 Watertown, MN $118,556 Watkins, MN $114,841 Wanamingo, MN $116,530 West Concord, MN $116,461

Winona, MN $111,888 Stockton, MN $113,379 Wykoff, MN $115,386 Zumbro Falls, MN $116,575 Zumbrota, MN $116,517 Mankato, MN $114,976 Albert Lea, MN $114,697 Alden, MN $113,839

Amboy, MN $113,574 Belle Plaine, MN $118,274 Blue Earth, MN $113,388 Bricelyn, MN $113,457 Clarks Grove, MN $114,883 Cleveland, MN $116,036 Comfrey, MN $113,067 Willmar, MN $113,662

Alberta, MN $112,663 Appleton, MN $112,794 Atwater, MN $113,960 Barry, MN $112,722 Beardsley, MN $112,243 Bellingham, MN $112,431 Belview, MN $112,771 Benson, MN $112,894

Blomkest, MN $112,947 Boyd, MN $112,743 Browns Valley, MN $112,291 Canby, MN $112,542 Chokio, MN $112,668 Clara City, MN $112,928 Clarkfield, MN $112,826 Clements, MN $112,929

Clinton, MN $112,437 Clontarf, MN $112,717 Correll, MN $112,522 Cosmos, MN $113,925 Cottonwood, MN $112,865 Danube, MN $112,889 Danvers, MN $112,675 Dawson, MN $112,817

Donnelly, MN $112,661 Dumont, MN $112,512 Echo, MN $112,744 Ghent, MN $112,921 Graceville, MN $112,453 Granite Falls, MN $112,924 Grove City, MN $114,217 Hancock, MN $112,799

Hanley Falls, MN $112,794 Herman, MN $112,621 Holloway, MN $112,662 Kandiyohi, MN $113,744 Kerkhoven, MN $112,894 Lake Lillian, MN $113,404 Lucan, MN $112,836 Madison, MN $112,580

Marietta, MN $112,190 Marshall, MN $113,081 Maynard, MN $112,805 Milan, MN $112,817 Milroy, MN $112,810 Minneota, MN $112,887 Montevideo, MN $112,943 Morgan, MN $113,016

Operational Specialist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Operational Specialist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Energy & Utilities sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Operational Specialist positions in Hospitality & Leisure or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Operational Specialist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Operational Specialist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$143,303	$69.0	20%
Energy & Utilities	$137,332	$66.0	15%
Financial Services	$137,332	$66.0	15%
Chemicals	$131,361	$63.0	10%
Pharmaceuticals	$131,361	$63.0	10%

Operational Specialist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Operational Specialist'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 July 01, 2026

$111,187

Average $119,419/year

$129,799

$9,266

Average $9,952/month

$10,817

$2,138

Average $2,297/week

$2,496

$53

Average $57/hour

$62

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$129,799	$10,817	$2,496	$62
Average	$119,419	$9,952	$2,297	$57
25th Percentile	$111,187	$9,266	$2,138	$53

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