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General Mills Salary

General Mills Salary

General Mills pays a median of $103K ($88K–$136K) across 41 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $88K–$136K salary range

Median: $103K  ·  Based on 41 public General Mills job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This General Mills salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

General Mills · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$103K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$88K–$136K
Typical range
$245K view JD
Highest base · Principal Data Scientist
41
Open roles
~4 yrs
Typical exp.
+41
41 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 2% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Junior
$88K (16)
Mid
$88K (5)
Senior
$137K (10)
Salary by department · median & top base
manufacturing
$88K · $124K top (9)
engineering
$88K · $164K top (16)
Highest-paying skills
Team Leadership $88K

Highest-paying open roles at General Mills

General Mills salary by department

  • manufacturing: $88K median · $124K top base — Maintenance & Reliability Manager - Joplin, MO (view JD) (9 roles)
  • engineering: $88K median · $164K top base — Associate Plant Technical Manager - Cedar Rapids Plant (view JD) (16 roles)

General Mills salary by seniority

  • Junior: $88K median · $164K top base — Associate Plant Technical Manager - Cedar Rapids Plant (view JD) (16)
  • Mid: $88K median · $117K top base — R&D Scientist II (multiple positions) (view JD) (5)
  • Senior: $137K median · $211K top base — Sr Manager, Enterprise and Business Performance Analytics (CPG) (view JD) (10)

General Mills salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $127K median · $164K top base — HR Manager, Cedar Rapids Plant (view JD) (6)

General Mills salary by location

  • Remote: $88K median · $245K top base — Principal Data Scientist (view JD) (18 roles)

Remote work at General Mills

90% of General Mills's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What General Mills looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Welding (4) · Team Leadership (2) · Supply Chain (1) · Due Diligence (1) · Intellectual Property (1) · Corporate Law (1) · CI/CD (1) · Social Media (1) · Electrical (1) · Auditing (1).

Benefits & perks at General Mills

Commonly listed: relocation (3) · dental (1) · hsa-fsa (1) · 401k (1) · life-ins (1) · pto (1) · parental (1).

About General Mills

General Mills is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 1856 · HQ Minneapolis, Minnesota. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at General Mills

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 2% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

General Mills total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

General Mills hiring activity

General Mills has 41 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 41 public job postings with disclosed pay. 41 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (41 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare General Mills's pay with companies in the same space:

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Pernod Ricard$125K↑ +22%Public
Unilever$111K↑ +7%Public
SpaceX$135K↑ +31%Series D
Blue Origin$157K↑ +52%Series F
GlobalFoundries$147K↑ +43%Public

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Common questions

What does General Mills pay?
The median pay is $103K, with a typical range of $88K–$136K, based on 41 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at General Mills?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Data Scientist, at $147K–$245K base.

Which team pays the most at General Mills?
The manufacturing team, at a $88K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 41 public General Mills job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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