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Hiring a credit analyst in St. Paul, MN

Employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area pay credit analysts a median of $84,570, with the middle half of the market between $77,540 and $104,950. St. Paul residents working in business and financial operations occupations report a median of $73,037, which is 14% below what the metro pays for this role.

What does a credit analyst earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile$77,540
Median$84,570
75th percentile$104,950

Half of credit analysts in this area earn between $77,540 and $104,950. A band set below $77,540 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What St. Paul residents earn

$73,037

Median earnings of St. Paul residents working in business and financial operations occupations, 10,629 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 14% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside St. Paul rather than competing for commuters.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

  • Analyze credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.
  • Complete loan applications, including credit analyses and summaries of loan requests, and submit to loan committees for approval.
  • Generate financial ratios, using computer programs, to evaluate customers' financial status.
  • Prepare reports that include the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.
  • Analyze financial data, such as income growth, quality of management, and market share to determine expected profitability of loans.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 13-2041.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Basic.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in St. Paul?

This is a job zone four: considerable preparation needed occupation. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

That matters here, because 43.5% of St. Paul adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a workable pool, but the search will reach beyond the city line. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average St. Paul commute runs 22.3 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 18.3% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Ramsey County, accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services employs 1,337 and turns over 14.0% a quarter, with 369 hires against 171 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $7,304 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 5412.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about credit analysts. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a high-churn market, where speed matters more than a perfect fit.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $16,914 to $25,371 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Price this search

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Hiring a credit analyst somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

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St. Paul is the 2th largest of 2 Minnesota cities in this dataset.