Project Manager Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

The cleanest local observed pay benchmark is broad rather than perfect: the BLS management occupation family in Minneapolis-St. Paul showed a $132,590 median, $95,740 at the 25th percentile, and $179,720 at the 75th percentile in 2025. That likely overstates many hands-on project and product roles because it includes higher-paid management titles across the family. Directional posting data is lower and closer to what many applicants will actually see: local advertised ranges center on about $102k to $141k, while Minnesota new openings in this occupation family averaged about $92,545.

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Advertised pay

Across the 698 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $87,500 at the 25th percentile, $119,579 at the median and $152,750 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Minneapolis-St. Paul is still a workable market for management, product, and project candidates, but it is not an easy one: metro payrolls were up 1.4% year over year in August 2026, yet unemployment also rose to 4.7%. For this occupation family in Minnesota, active postings were up 4.9% year over year in September 2026 while employment was essentially flat, which points to ongoing openings but slower net expansion. In practice, this looks better for proven operators than for first-time applicants.

Best positioned: The best odds right now are for mid-career program or project leaders who can show risk, stakeholder, budget, and scheduling depth in finance, health, or large-employer operations.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming this is a remote-friendly or entry-friendly market when only about 5% of sampled postings are entry level and about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 806 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. U.S. Bank: 22 open roles
2. Optum: 15 open roles
3. Dungarvin: 13 open roles
4. Medtronic plc: 12 open roles
5. Xcel Energy, Inc.: 11 open roles
6. mn.gov: 10 open roles
7. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: 10 open roles
8. Sevita: 9 open roles
9. Target Corp: 8 open roles
10. RiverSource Life Insurance Company: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 231
• Saint Paul: 67
• Bloomington: 47
• Eden Prairie: 47
• Plymouth: 27
• Maple Grove: 26
• Eagan: 24
• Minnetonka: 18

Work arrangement

on-site 494 (62%), hybrid 272 (34%), remote 32 (4%)

Where the demand is

The opportunity base is broad, not winner-take-all. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 600 postings across more than 350 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one firm. The most consistently active employers included U.S. Bank, Veit & Co, Optum, Mortenson, WSP Global Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Threadneedle group. But the sample is uneven across sub-roles. About 40% of sampled postings sat in construction-linked employers, with another meaningful slice in financial services, medical equipment manufacturing, and hospitals or health care. Because pure construction project management belongs in a specialist track, do not mistake that construction-heavy mix for a broad surge in general product or corporate program roles. For this page, the clearest target remains enterprise program and project work inside finance, health, medtech, and large corporate operations. Product-side evidence exists, including local signals around Target and a new chief digital officer hire at Evereve, but it is thinner than the evidence for project and program delivery, so pure product applicants should expect a smaller, more selective market.

• Enterprise program and project delivery (high): Best fit for candidates who can run budgets, risks, stakeholders, and governance across large organizations; local activity is visible in employers such as U.S. Bank and Threadneedle group.
• Health, payer-provider, and medtech implementation (moderate): Optum, Boston Scientific, hospitals, and medical equipment employers point to regulated delivery and cross-functional implementation work rather than pure consumer product management.
• Pure product and digital leadership (moderate): There are real local signals from Target and Evereve, but the evidence base is thinner and likely skews senior, making this a narrower search lane than program or project work.
• Construction-titled project roles (limited): A large share of sampled postings comes from construction-linked employers, but many of those roles belong in a separate specialist construction track rather than this category.

Where to focus: Focus first on enterprise program and project openings in finance, healthcare, medtech, and large-employer operations, then treat pure product roles as a narrower secondary search.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst: It uses the same requirements gathering, stakeholder alignment, and process mapping muscles that feed into project and program work.
• Implementation Consultant: It stays close to delivery, client coordination, schedules, and cross-functional execution.
• Process Improvement Specialist: It converts operational experience into measurable workflow, governance, and change outcomes.
• Business Systems Analyst: It is a practical route for candidates who are stronger on requirements, systems, and cross-team coordination than on pure roadmap ownership.

What postings ask for

• PMP (differentiator | immediate): PMP is the most commonly required certification in the local posting sample at about 10%, and it remains one of the most widely recognized project credentials nationally. Who: Mid-career project and program candidates, especially switchers who already have delivery experience.
• Risk management (table_stakes | immediate): Risk management appears in about 20% of local postings, which makes it one of the clearest screening skills in this market. Who: Everyone from project coordinators up through senior program managers.
• Stakeholder and budget management (table_stakes | immediate): Stakeholder management, budget management, and budgeting each show up in about 15% of local postings, signaling that employers want operators who can manage tradeoffs, not just timelines. Who: Mid-career applicants and career switchers translating prior leadership experience.
• Strategic planning and scheduling (table_stakes | immediate): Strategic planning and scheduling each appear in about 10% of local postings, which is a reminder that execution and planning still matter more than title branding. Who: Candidates aiming for program manager, delivery manager, or PMO work.
• Data literacy (differentiator | near-term): For product managers, data literacy and analytical thinking, including SQL basics, product analytics familiarity, and A/B testing, are now baseline expectations in 2026. Who: Product managers and product-adjacent career switchers.
• AI fluency and prompt design (premium | near-term): Prompt engineering is now described as a daily product skill, AI orchestration is emerging beyond basic prompting, and data-and-AI fluency is becoming core for project professionals. Who: Product managers, TPMs, and senior project leaders who want to stand out on efficiency and decision support.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

The cleanest local observed pay benchmark is broad rather than perfect: the BLS management occupation family in Minneapolis-St. Paul showed a $132,590 median, $95,740 at the 25th percentile, and $179,720 at the 75th percentile in 2025. That likely overstates many hands-on project and product roles because it includes higher-paid management titles across the family. Directional posting data is lower and closer to what many applicants will actually see: local advertised ranges center on about $102k to $141k, while Minnesota new openings in this occupation family averaged about $92,545. This is still a strong-paying market relative to the metro-wide wage context, with overall Minneapolis wages at $35.86 per hour and the metro cost-of-living index at 103.5, or about 3.5% above the national average. Six-figure pay is realistic for experienced candidates, but not automatic for generalist applicants.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI concentrated?

The opportunity base is broad, not winner-take-all. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 600 postings across more than 350 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one firm. The most consistently active employers included U.S. Bank, Veit & Co, Optum, Mortenson, WSP Global Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Threadneedle group. But the sample is uneven across sub-roles. About 40% of sampled postings sat in construction-linked employers, with another meaningful slice in financial services, medical equipment manufacturing, and hospitals or health care. Because pure construction project management belongs in a specialist track, do not mistake that construction-heavy mix for a broad surge in general product or corporate program roles. For this page, the clearest target remains enterprise program and project work inside finance, health, medtech, and large corporate operations. Product-side evidence exists, including local signals around Target and a new chief digital officer hire at Evereve, but it is thinner than the evidence for project and program delivery, so pure product applicants should expect a smaller, more selective market.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Recent postings show the most activity from U.S. Bank (10 postings), Veit & Co (5 postings), Optum (5 postings), Mortenson (5 postings), WSP Global Inc. (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 40% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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