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Headquarters state

Major employers headquartered in Minnesota

13 catalogued companies. State of HQ does not determine the payroll cadence employees receive — work location does — but it offers a useful regional snapshot. Dominant cadence in this state: Weekly.

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Weekly
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Filter Minnesota employers by pay frequency

Click a cadence below to see only the Minnesota-headquartered employers that pay on that schedule.

Weekly

5 employers

Pay weekly. 52 paychecks per year.

 Biweekly

5 employers

Pay biweekly. 26 paychecks per year.

 Semimonthly

3 employers

Pay semimonthly. 24 paychecks per year.

All 13 catalogued employers in Minnesota

CompanyIndustryPay frequencyPaydayCityEmployees
3M Industrial Manufacturing Biweekly Friday St. Paul 85,000
Ameriprise Financial Financial Services Semimonthly the 15th and last day of the month Minneapolis 13,000
Best Buy Retail Weekly Friday Richfield 90,000
Bio-Techne Healthcare & Pharma Biweekly Friday Minneapolis 3,000
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Logistics & Transportation Weekly Friday Eden Prairie 16,500
General Mills Food, Beverage & Restaurants Weekly Friday Minneapolis 34,000
Hormel Foods Food, Beverage & Restaurants Weekly Friday Austin 20,000
Patterson Companies Healthcare & Pharma Biweekly Friday St. Paul 8,500
Target Retail Weekly Friday Minneapolis 415,000
Toro Company Industrial Manufacturing Biweekly Friday Bloomington 11,800
U.S. Bancorp Financial Services Semimonthly the 15th and last day of the month Minneapolis 77,000
UnitedHealth Group Healthcare & Pharma Biweekly Friday Minnetonka 440,000
Xcel Energy Utilities Semimonthly the 15th and last day of the month Minneapolis 11,512