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Office Clerk / Clerk Typist (government) in Minnesota

Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) lists 2 job classes for this work in the Minnesota state pay plan: Clerk Typist 1, Office Specialist.

$39,374 – $51,043
state pay plan range, a year
2
classes in the state plan
$47,840
median pay in MN, all employers
55,530
workers in MN (SOC 43-9061)

Sources: Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), State of Minnesota Salary Plan — Classifications and Salary Ranges (report LR0067); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Minnesota state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 2, 2026. These are the ranges Minnesota sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Clerk Typist 1
Class 000180
Grade 56L
$18.93 – $24.54 a hour
$39,374 – $51,043 a year
Office Specialist
Class 003626
Grade 60H
$20.68 – $24.54 a hour
$43,014 – $51,043 a year

Schedule: Salary grid 6. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), State of Minnesota Salary Plan — Classifications and Salary Ranges (report LR0067). Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Minnesota, all employers Sourced

Office Clerks, General (SOC 43-9061) in Minnesota, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureMN
Workers55,530
10th percentile$33,710
Median$47,840
90th percentile$66,170
National median, government employers$46,170

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Office Clerk / Clerk Typist (government) page.

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