350+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Observed local wage anchors are solid: construction and extraction occupations averaged $37.82/hour and installation, maintenance, and repair averaged $33.63/hour in the metro, versus $35.86 across all occupations. The metro-wide private-sector benchmark was $39.84/hour in March 2026, so many hourly trades roles pay near, but not automatically above, the broader local wage bar. Specialized public-works and management lanes pay much more, with prevailing wages at $59.00/hour for electricians and $61.28/hour for plumbers in region 09, and construction managers showing a $120,250 local median salary.

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Advertised pay

Across the 309 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $53,638 at the 25th percentile, $62,400 at the median and $73,840 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 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, and field-service job seekers over the next 3-6 months, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 4.2% in June 2026, and the area still carries 197.2 thousand manufacturing jobs plus 91.6 thousand Mining, Logging, and Construction jobs, with more than 2,800 recent postings spread across more than 1,100 companies. The caution is that Minnesota statewide signals for this job family have cooled, with Revelio Public Labor Statistics showing employment down 3.1% and active postings down 4.1% year-over-year in July 2026, while most local openings are on-site and the better pay bands skew toward supervisory or specialized roles.

Best positioned: Your odds are best if you can show portable industrial skills such as blueprint reading, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, safety compliance, and a valid driver's license, or if you can present yourself as a project-capable supervisor.

Main caution: Do not mistake a big posting count for easy access: hiring is fragmented across many employers, postings stay open around 38 days, and employers can stay selective because statewide demand in this job family has softened.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 351 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: 8 open roles
3. Halverson and Blaiser Group, Ltd.: 7 open roles
4. Commerce ISD: 6 open roles
5. Taher: 6 open roles
6. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 5 open roles
7. Presbyterian Homes & Services, Inc.: 5 open roles
8. The Bernard Group: 5 open roles
9. The Community Builders, Inc.: 5 open roles
10. Aeon Co.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 44
• Brooklyn Park: 34
• Plymouth: 33
• Bloomington: 17
• Saint Paul: 16
• St. Paul: 14
• Chaska: 11
• Minnetonka: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 347 (100%), hybrid 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated first in construction-led employers and infrastructure-linked work. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 50% of category openings, far ahead of manufacturing at about 20%, with engineering and energy each at about 5%. The most consistently active employers over the last 90 days include Mortenson, TelCom Construction, LLC., WSP Global Inc., and Jacobs Engineering Group. The second pocket is industrial and plant-linked work. The metro has 197.2 thousand manufacturing jobs and 91.6 thousand Mining, Logging, and Construction jobs, giving maintenance, installation, repair, and supplier-facing field-service roles a real base of demand. Local spot signals also point to CNC, precision machining, tooling, design leadership, and warehouse-linked manufacturing work in St. Paul, Bloomington, and nearby parts of the regional labor shed. A newer catalyst is infrastructure tied to AI and data centers. Local Federal Reserve research says expanding AI deployments are driving investment into specialized facilities, while national job-posting research shows electrical, installation, and maintenance roles taking larger shares of data-center build-out demand.

• Commercial construction and infrastructure (high): This is the deepest pool right now: construction is about 50% of local category postings, and active employers include Mortenson, TelCom Construction, LLC., WSP Global Inc., and Jacobs Engineering Group.
• Industrial maintenance and field service (moderate): The metro's 197.2 thousand manufacturing jobs support ongoing demand for troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and plant-support work that can travel across factories, utilities, and equipment vendors.
• Precision manufacturing and plant support (moderate): Local spot signals include a CNC press brake set-up operator opening at Tempco Manufacturing in St. Paul plus broader mentions of precision machining, tooling, design leadership, and warehouse-linked manufacturing work.

Where to focus: If you need interviews in the next 60 days, focus on on-site construction or infrastructure contractors and industrial service employers where blueprint reading, troubleshooting, safety compliance, and a driver's license travel well across roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Manufacturing Quality Engineer: It keeps you in the industrial environment but shifts you toward quality systems, documentation, and process ownership; regional listings explicitly include a manufacturing quality engineer opening.
• Warehouse Supervisor or Inventory Lead: Local briefs show manufacturing hiring that spans hands-on warehouse roles, making this a realistic bridge for people with materials, forklift, receiving, or crew-coordination experience.
• Tooling or Design Coordinator: Regional signals mention leadership in tooling and design, which can suit candidates who know drawings, fabrication, and change-control but want less purely physical work.
• Project Coordinator: Local demand emphasizes project management, and the higher-paying openings skew toward supervisory, project, engineering, or specialized work.

What postings ask for

• Project management (premium | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample at about 15%, and the better-paying openings skew supervisory or project-heavy. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, foremen, site leads, and anyone trying to move from hourly work into salaried coordination roles.
• Blueprint reading (table_stakes | immediate): Blueprint reading appears in about 10% of local postings, making it one of the clearest cross-role signals for construction, maintenance, and fabrication work. Who: Entry-level and career-switching candidates who need a portable skill that works across multiple employer types.
• Troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): Troubleshooting appears in about 10% of local postings and is especially useful in maintenance, service, and equipment-support hiring. Who: Maintenance techs, field-service candidates, and former operators trying to move up.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance shows up in about 10% of local postings, which means employers expect you to talk about it as part of normal job readiness, not as a bonus. Who: Everyone applying to construction, plant, installation, or field roles.
• Valid driver's license (differentiator | immediate): A valid driver's license is the most commonly named credential in the local sample, and it matters more in a market where about 85% of openings are on-site. Who: Field-service, maintenance, telecom, installation, and multi-site construction candidates.
• Preventative maintenance (differentiator | near-term): Preventative maintenance appears in local postings and lines up with the metro's large manufacturing base and plant-support demand. Who: Operators, assemblers, mechanics, and career switchers trying to enter maintenance.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local wage anchors are solid: construction and extraction occupations averaged $37.82/hour and installation, maintenance, and repair averaged $33.63/hour in the metro, versus $35.86 across all occupations. The metro-wide private-sector benchmark was $39.84/hour in March 2026, so many hourly trades roles pay near, but not automatically above, the broader local wage bar. Specialized public-works and management lanes pay much more, with prevailing wages at $59.00/hour for electricians and $61.28/hour for plumbers in region 09, and construction managers showing a $120,250 local median salary. This is a decent-paying market, but the money is uneven. Recent local posting data centered hourly openings around about $25 to $32/hour and salaried openings around about $89k to $125k, which suggests headline averages are being pulled up by supervisors, project staff, engineers, and managers rather than by every hands-on role.

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

Opportunity is concentrated first in construction-led employers and infrastructure-linked work. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 50% of category openings, far ahead of manufacturing at about 20%, with engineering and energy each at about 5%. The most consistently active employers over the last 90 days include Mortenson, TelCom Construction, LLC., WSP Global Inc., and Jacobs Engineering Group. The second pocket is industrial and plant-linked work. The metro has 197.2 thousand manufacturing jobs and 91.6 thousand Mining, Logging, and Construction jobs, giving maintenance, installation, repair, and supplier-facing field-service roles a real base of demand. Local spot signals also point to CNC, precision machining, tooling, design leadership, and warehouse-linked manufacturing work in St. Paul, Bloomington, and nearby parts of the regional labor shed. A newer catalyst is infrastructure tied to AI and data centers. Local Federal Reserve research says expanding AI deployments are driving investment into specialized facilities, while national job-posting research shows electrical, installation, and maintenance roles taking larger shares of data-center build-out demand.

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 (more than 75 postings), TelCom Construction, LLC. (more than 40 postings), WSP Global Inc. (more than 40 postings), Jacobs Engineering Group (more than 30 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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