Entry-level Middle School Teacher salary in Minneapolis, MN

Based on 20 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes St. Paul, Fridley, Minnetonka, Richfield, East Bethel.

Also listed as: Middle School Math Teacher

Median salary$49,712
Middle 50%$48.6k–$55.8k
vs. all levels here−14%comparison median $58,000
Filings20FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $46,063 and $67,067.
PercentileSalary
10th$48,238
25th$48,560
50th (median)$49,712
75th$55,750
90th$60,216

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $50k $60k FY2023: median $45,200 (12 filings) FY2024: median $50,000 (14 filings) FY2025: median $53,892 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 2 filings FY21 FY2022: 3 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 14
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––8
FY2021–––2
FY2022–––3
FY2023$45,200$45,110$45,38812
FY2024$50,000$45,950$54,90014
FY2025$53,892$50,181$58,00011
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

Minneapolis's median entry-level Middle School Teacher salary of $49,712 is worth about $47,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Minneapolis = 104.8).

Compared with all workers here

All Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Minneapolis, MN area earned a median of $62,800 in May 2025 (6,660 employed). The H-1B median here is $49,712, 21% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Yinghua Academytoo few8
New Century Schooltoo few4
Star of the North Academytoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $49,712 20
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$48,560$49,71220

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.