Minneapolis has a weird thing going on that skews the salaries to the low end of the scale. People just don't move. I've tried to recruit a couple friends who are really unhappy in their jobs, and they don't want to even hear about it. Literally: they hate their boss, the work is stale, the commute is an hour each way, the salary is low - and yet, they won't even consider a job that offers a 30% raise, half the commute, newest technologies, a $5k equipment package, work from home twice a week, etc. It's mind boggling, but there it is.
In my experience, the higher salaries are easily available. I've been consistently offered much more than $70k and the recruiters are desperate. So I'd say the job market in Minneapolis is actually quite hot - it's the talent that doesn't take advantage of it.
This is right on. It is so frustrating to see really excellent talent rot away in some intertech cube farm, but I see it a lot. Is it a midwest culture thing? I guess it opens up opportunities for people who aren't so risk averse though.
Just to clarify, do you mean that people won't move to Minneapolis, won't move from Minneapolis, or people all over the country generally don't want to relocate?
I think what rada is saying, and definitely what I have seen, is that people already in minneapolis are not very apt to move to another job within the minneapolis area.
In my experience, the higher salaries are easily available. I've been consistently offered much more than $70k and the recruiters are desperate. So I'd say the job market in Minneapolis is actually quite hot - it's the talent that doesn't take advantage of it.