300+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Official local wage data is the best anchor for broad trade pay: construction and extraction occupations in the metro paid about $31.42 an hour at the median in May 2025, roughly ~$23.00 at the 25th percentile, and about $37.82 at the 75th percentile. Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations averaged $33.63 an hour in the metro. Separately, current local postings center on about $84k to $120k for salaried roles and about $25 to $32 an hour for hourly roles, which reflects a mix of supervisors, project roles, and higher-end specialty openings rather than the whole market.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 283 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $50,840 at the 25th percentile, $60,500 at the median and $73,528 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Minneapolis-St. Paul is still a workable market for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services, but it is more selective than it looks at first glance. Local mining, logging, and construction employment was roughly flat to modestly positive through July 2026, and metro unemployment was 4.2% in July 2026, which points to stability rather than a local downturn. But the broader Minnesota occupation family is softer than a year ago: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows employment down 2.6% and active postings down 11.2% in August 2026. Pay is still solid—local construction and extraction median hourly pay was about $31.42 in May 2025, with the 75th percentile at about $37.82, and the Twin Cities construction sector averaged $101,348 annually in 2025—so specialized candidates should still view this as a decent market, just not an easy one.

Best positioned: Candidates with clear field experience or a license, a valid driver's license, and proof of project management, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, and safety ownership have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not confuse a healthy number of visible openings with fast hiring: the typical active local posting has been open around 35 days, and nationally openings rose while hires fell, which usually means slower, pickier hiring cycles.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 335 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Great Northern Corporation: 9 open roles
2. Honeywell International Inc: 9 open roles
3. nVent Electric plc: 6 open roles
4. ARCH Global Precision, LLC: 5 open roles
5. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.: 5 open roles
6. Catallia Mexican Foods, LLC: 5 open roles
7. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.: 5 open roles
8. Veolia North America, LLC: 5 open roles
9. Veolia Water Technologies, Inc.: 5 open roles
10. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 55
• Saint Paul: 24
• Brooklyn Park: 22
• Bloomington: 21
• Plymouth: 18
• Minnetonka: 15
• Shakopee: 12
• Eden Prairie: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 327 (99%), hybrid 3 (1%), remote 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in on-site contractor and field-based work, not remote roles. In the local sample, more than 2,700 postings across more than 1,000 companies appeared over the last 90 days, hiring is fragmented across employers, and about 85% of roles are on-site. Within this category, construction accounts for about 50% of postings and manufacturing about 20%, with smaller but real pockets in real estate, energy, and engineering. The strongest local cluster is specialty construction and building-systems work. Minnesota DEED says building equipment contractors—including plumbing, HVAC, and electrical—added the most jobs in the Twin Cities from 2019 to 2024, and local postings most often ask for project management, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, safety compliance, and preventative maintenance. That mix favors candidates who can show installed projects, commissioning, service-call ownership, crew coordination, or shutdown and maintenance experience. There is a small caution on the residential side. Twin Cities homebuilding activity dipped about 1% year over year in August 2026, with 548 permits for 1,279 housing units, so it is smart to balance residential applications with commercial, infrastructure, facilities, and service-heavy employers.

• Specialty contractors and commercial construction (high): This is the clearest opportunity pocket locally: construction is about 50% of the posting mix, and building equipment contractors such as plumbing, HVAC, and electrical added the most jobs in the Twin Cities over the last multiyear growth stretch.
• Maintenance, installation, and field service (high): The local skill mix emphasizes troubleshooting, safety compliance, blueprint reading, and preventative maintenance, and the work arrangement is overwhelmingly on-site, which fits service and maintenance-heavy employers well.
• General manufacturing and plant-floor roles (moderate): Manufacturing still represents about 20% of the local posting mix, but statewide occupation-wide signals are softer than a year ago, so general production applicants may feel more competition than specialized tradespeople.

Where to focus: Focus first on specialty contractors, field-service teams, and maintenance-heavy employers where plan-reading, troubleshooting, and safety responsibility show up immediately in screening.

Roles worth searching next

• CAD technician / drafter: It uses blueprint reading and AutoCAD, both of which already show up in local demand for this market.
• EHS or safety coordinator: Safety compliance is already a core local screening signal, so tradespeople with strong documentation habits can reposition into safety support work.
• Quality technician / inspector: Troubleshooting, process discipline, and preventative maintenance translate well into quality and inspection work.
• Production scheduler or maintenance planner: Project management, Microsoft Office, and preventative maintenance all appear in local demand, which makes this a realistic bridge for organized mid-career workers.

What postings ask for

• Project management (differentiator | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample, appearing in about 15% of postings. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foreman-track candidates, and anyone targeting project support or construction leadership paths.
• Blueprint reading (table_stakes | immediate): It shows up in about 10% of local postings and is one of the clearest screening signals for site-ready candidates. Who: Entry-level applicants, installers, fabricators, field techs, and career switchers trying to look job-ready.
• Troubleshooting (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 10% of local postings and matters across maintenance, field service, HVAC, and equipment roles. Who: Maintenance techs, service techs, and anyone moving from production into repair or diagnostic work.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance appears in about 10% of local postings, which makes it a core credibility signal rather than a nice-to-have. Who: Everyone in this category, especially candidates returning after a gap or changing employers.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly stated credential requirement in the local posting sample, showing up in about 5% of postings, and it matters disproportionately for field and multi-site work. Who: Field service, installer, maintenance, telecom, and site-based applicants.
• AutoCAD (differentiator | near-term): AutoCAD appears in about 5% of local postings and can move you into higher-trust coordination, drafting, and preconstruction-adjacent work. Who: Career switchers, site coordinators, layout-capable tradespeople, and candidates aiming for bridge roles into design or estimating support.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Official local wage data is the best anchor for broad trade pay: construction and extraction occupations in the metro paid about $31.42 an hour at the median in May 2025, roughly ~$23.00 at the 25th percentile, and about $37.82 at the 75th percentile. Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations averaged $33.63 an hour in the metro. Separately, current local postings center on about $84k to $120k for salaried roles and about $25 to $32 an hour for hourly roles, which reflects a mix of supervisors, project roles, and higher-end specialty openings rather than the whole market. This is a good-paying market by broad trade standards, but pay is split between hourly craft work and salaried project or leadership roles. If you only look at posted salary bands, you can easily overestimate what a mid-skill hands-on role will actually pay.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in on-site contractor and field-based work, not remote roles. In the local sample, more than 2,700 postings across more than 1,000 companies appeared over the last 90 days, hiring is fragmented across employers, and about 85% of roles are on-site. Within this category, construction accounts for about 50% of postings and manufacturing about 20%, with smaller but real pockets in real estate, energy, and engineering. The strongest local cluster is specialty construction and building-systems work. Minnesota DEED says building equipment contractors—including plumbing, HVAC, and electrical—added the most jobs in the Twin Cities from 2019 to 2024, and local postings most often ask for project management, blueprint reading, troubleshooting, safety compliance, and preventative maintenance. That mix favors candidates who can show installed projects, commissioning, service-call ownership, crew coordination, or shutdown and maintenance experience. There is a small caution on the residential side. Twin Cities homebuilding activity dipped about 1% year over year in August 2026, with 548 permits for 1,279 housing units, so it is smart to balance residential applications with commercial, infrastructure, facilities, and service-heavy employers.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Recent postings show the most activity from Mortenson (75 postings), WSP Global Inc. (40 postings), TelCom Construction, LLC. (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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