Information technology

Information technology in Minnesota employs about 110,000 workers and accounts for 3.8% of the state's workforce. The average IT salary in 2020 in Minnesota was $42.71 an hour – that's over $20 an hour higher than the average for all occupations in the state.

The IT occupations within the Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline represent pathways to in-demand jobs within an industry that is well-suited for dual-training opportunities.

Validated pyramids and occupational competency summaries

• Application developer

• Business intelligence developer/architect

• Cloud architect

• Computer user support specialist

• Data science/artificial intelligence machine learning specialist

• Database administrator

• Information security analyst/specialist

• IT project planner/manager

• Network engineer

• Software engineer/developer

• Testing and quality assurance analyst

• Web developer – back end

• Web developer – front end

Questions?

Contact us at PIPELINE.Program@state.mn.us.