Psychiatrist Salary in Minnesota: What Psychiatrists Earn
Psychiatrists in Minnesota had a median annual wage of $336,410 in May 2025, 19% above the national median of $281,870.
The median and the hourly median of $161.74 both rank 4th of the 46 jurisdictions that publish a psychiatrist median, and the estimated 580 psychiatrists employed in the state rank 10th of the 45 jurisdictions that publish both a median and an employment estimate.
The gap to national is widest at the 25th percentile and is gone at the 90th.
Psychiatrists · SOC 29-1223
$336,410/yr
+19% vs. national $281,870
$161.74/hr median
Which psychiatrists this covers
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state and national estimates — Minnesota, SOCs 29-1223.
Retrieved 2026-09-24 from the BLS Public Data API.
How to read these figures
Minnesota vs. the national figure
Each occupation is compared with its own national median from the same May 2025 release, and the national psychiatrist salary page gives the national distribution.
Ranks count only the jurisdictions (states plus DC) where BLS publishes that occupation’s figure.
Differences are whole percentages of the national figure, rounded half away from zero, computed from the figures shown.
By estimated employment, Minnesota ranks 10th of 45 for psychiatrists.
A median $54,540 above national
The Minnesota median of $336,410 is $54,540 above the national median of $281,870, a 19% gap, and the hourly median is $161.74 against $135.51 nationally, a difference of $26.23.
Among the 46 jurisdictions where BLS publishes a psychiatrist median, Minnesota ranks 4th, and the hourly median also ranks 4th.
The estimate rests on a mid-sized reported workforce: an estimated 580 psychiatrists, 10th of the 45 jurisdictions where BLS publishes both a median and an employment estimate for the occupation, so the Minnesota row is above the small-sample threshold that limits many state psychiatrist rows to the median alone.
The gap to national peaks at the 25th percentile and closes by the 90th
Minnesota psychiatrist pay runs from a 10th percentile of $90,470 to a 90th percentile of $446,520, a spread of $356,050; the 90th is 4.9 times the 10th, against 5.3 times nationally.
The state sits at or above the national figure at every percentile, but the size of the gap swings sharply.
It is 8% at the 10th percentile, then jumps to its widest at the 25th, where Minnesota pays $279,600 against $154,150 nationally, a difference of $125,450, or 81%.
Above the median the gap fades: 19% at the median, 5% at the 75th percentile, $382,210 against $362,740, and at the 90th percentile the two rows report the identical figure, $446,520.
The middle half spans $102,610 in Minnesota against $208,590 nationally.
What this figure covers: Psychiatrists employed for wages.
OEWS does not count self-employed physicians or practice owners, and psychiatric nurse practitioners are in a separate occupation (29-1171, all nurse practitioners).
Reading an offer against these figures
With a range this wide, where an offer falls in the distribution matters more than the median alone.
An offer at $336,410 is the Minnesota median, $54,540 above the national median of $281,870.
An offer near $279,600 sits at the Minnesota 25th percentile, the rung with the widest gap in the table: 81% above the national 25th percentile of $154,150.
An offer near $382,210 reaches the Minnesota 75th percentile, 5% above the national 75th percentile of $362,740.
An offer at $446,520 marks the Minnesota 90th percentile, the same figure the national row publishes.
Hourly offers compare with the Minnesota hourly median of $161.74, against the national $135.51.
A percentile is a position in the state distribution, not a pay step or a reading of time in the field.
What this figure does and does not describe
This row is the BLS occupation for psychiatrists employed for wages in Minnesota.
BLS assigns workers to the occupation by the duties of their jobs, not by the credential they hold, and the row is not a count of licence holders.
It is also not split by board certification or subspecialty: it cannot say what a child and adolescent psychiatrist or an addiction psychiatrist earns in Minnesota, and it separates no practice focus from any other.
Nor does it include other prescribers, whom BLS counts in occupations of their own.
Before comparing an offer with this row, check what licence and certification the posting requires.
Before you weigh an offer, check what licence or certification the posting requires — browse psychiatrist jobs in Minnesota.
What Psychiatrist Job Listings in Minnesota Show Right Now
From the 10 active psychiatrist listings on BehavioralHires as of October 28, 2026.
Employers with the most openings
Pay employers post
- 50% of psychiatrist listings in Minnesota state any pay at all.
Benefits and work arrangement
- 30% remote or telehealth and 50% hybrid; the rest are on-site
- Dental & Visionnamed in 80%
- Health Insurancenamed in 70%
- 401k Matchnamed in 70%
- Flexible Schedulenamed in 60%
Source: active psychiatrist listings on BehavioralHires, updated daily. Pay figures use only listings that state pay (midpoint of each posted range). Benefits count listings that name the benefit; a listing that doesn’t mention one may still offer it.
Browse 10 jobs →Frequently Asked Questions
How much do psychiatrists make in Minnesota?
BLS reports a May 2025 median annual wage of $336,410 for psychiatrists in Minnesota, or $161.74 an hour, 19% above the national median of $281,870.
The middle half of Minnesota psychiatrists earned between $279,600 and $382,210, and the top tenth earned more than $446,520, the same figure the national row reports at its 90th percentile.
Where is the Minnesota psychiatrist pay gap to national largest?
At the 25th percentile.
Minnesota pays $279,600 there against $154,150 nationally, a difference of $125,450, or 81%.
The gap is 19% at the median and narrows toward the top, to 5% at the 75th percentile.
At the 90th the two rows report the identical figure, $446,520, so the gap is gone.
How many psychiatrists work in Minnesota?
BLS estimates 580 psychiatrists employed in Minnesota in May 2025, which ranks 10th of the 45 jurisdictions where BLS publishes both a median and an employment estimate for the occupation.
That counts psychiatrists in jobs during the survey period, not open positions, and it does not count psychiatrists who are not employed for wages.
Where does Minnesota rank among jurisdictions publishing a psychiatrist median?
Among the 46 jurisdictions where BLS publishes a psychiatrist median, Minnesota ranks 4th, and the hourly median of $161.74 also ranks 4th.
A rank compares the published figures only; the rows carry nothing that explains why one place's median differs from another's.
More Minnesota Psychiatrist Resources
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 state estimates — Minnesota, SOC 29-1223 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 national estimates — SOC 29-1223 (BLS Public Data API) (retrieved 2026-09-24)
Wage figures: BLS OEWS May 2025 state and national estimates, SOCs 29-1223, retrieved 2026-09-24.
Page last updated 2026-09-29.