Compared with the local labor market
Office & Administrative Specialist Int pay vs. Minnesota
Across all employers in Minnesota, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 55,530 people — is $47,840. Cosmetologist Exam Board pays a median base salary of $44,477 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 39th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cosmetologist Exam Board sits in the local pay range
$33,710
$40,080
$47,840
$57,720
$66,170
Cosmetologist Exam Board median · $44,477
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in Minnesota, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cosmetologist Exam Board’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Cosmetologist Exam Board’s median base salary is 1% below that national figure, about the 48th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$30,310
$36,350
$45,010
$54,300
$64,680
Cosmetologist Exam Board median · $44,477
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Minnesota range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cosmetologist Exam Board is $44,852, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.