Child life specialist jobs in Minnesota
6 open child life specialist jobs in Minnesota at 5 employers. BLS measures a median of $36.23 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other in Minnesota, opens in a new tab) for therapists, all other here.
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Cross Country HealthcareTravel nursing agency
A national staffing company placing travel nurses, allied professionals, therapists and locum tenens providers, with local and per diem work too.
Places: Nurses, Allied health, Therapy & rehab, Doctors

FastaffTravel nursing agency
A rapid-response travel nursing agency for urgent and crisis contracts, usually with short start times and premium pay.
Places: Nurses, Allied health, Therapy & rehab, Imaging
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Child Life Specialist (0.6 FTE) - Emergency Department
Hennepin Healthcare · Minneapolis, MN· today

Child Life Specialist (0.75 FTE) - Emergency Department
Hennepin Healthcare · Minneapolis, MN· today

Shriners Children's · Woodbury, MN· 4d ago

Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN· 3w ago
$56,659–$84,490/yr
Essentia Health · Duluth, MN· 1mo ago
$26.76–$40.14/hr
Certified Child Life Specialist
Fairview Health Services · Minneapolis, MN· 1mo ago
$27.34–$39.36/hr
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Where the child life specialist jobs are in Minnesota
Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.
What child life specialists earn in Minnesota
The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.
Posted on open jobs in Minnesota
Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).
Measured by BLS in Minnesota, May 2025
Median for therapists, all other, against $37.47 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 500 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Therapists, All Other in Minnesota, opens in a new tab) employed in Minnesota.
By metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$36.23/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, opens in a new tab) · 370 (source: BLS OEWS, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, opens in a new tab) employed
- Duluth, MN-WIn/a · 50 (source: BLS OEWS, Duluth, MN-WI, opens in a new tab) employed
BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Therapists, All Other; areas that cross a state line list every state.
Employers hiring child life specialists in Minnesota
Hennepin Healthcare2 open in Minnesota
Essentia Health1 open in Minnesota
Fairview Health Services1 open in Minnesota
Mayo Clinic1 open in Minnesota
Shriners Children's1 open in Minnesota
What the job takes
A bachelor's or master's degree in child life or child development, a supervised internship and the ACLP exam.
Certification
Certified child life specialist (CCLS)
Association of Child Life Professionals
Official page
Child life specialist jobs in Minnesota: common questions
How much do child life specialists make in Minnesota?
Too few open child life specialist jobs in Minnesota post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $36.23/hr ($75,360 a year) for therapists, all other in Minnesota (May 2025), against $37.47 nationally, 14th highest of 41 states and territories.
Where in Minnesota are the most child life specialist jobs?
Minneapolis (3), Duluth (1), Rochester (1) and Woodbury (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.
Who is hiring child life specialists in Minnesota?
By open jobs on this board: Hennepin Healthcare (2), Essentia Health (1) and Fairview Health Services (1). In all, 5 employers have child life specialist jobs open in Minnesota.
What do you need to work as a child life specialist in Minnesota?
A bachelor's or master's degree in child life or child development, a supervised internship and the ACLP exam. Certified child life specialist (CCLS) (Association of Child Life Professionals). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Minnesota's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.
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Child life specialist jobs in other states
- Texas22
- Ohio18
- Florida13
- New York13
- Massachusetts12
- Utah12
- Illinois7
- Pennsylvania7
- Tennessee7
- Louisiana7
- Kentucky7
- California6
- North Carolina5
- Michigan5
Other Allied health occupations in Minnesota
Sources and method
- CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Minnesota, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Therapists, All Other (SOC 29-1129), every state, published May 15, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Therapists, All Other, national, published May 15, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Therapists, All Other by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
- Certified child life specialist (CCLS): Association of Child Life Professionals
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Child life specialist jobs in Minnesota. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/child-life-specialist/minnesota