Aircraft Service Attendants in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,196
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,734
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,810
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$46,930
Kept after tax
$38,196
Worth in national money
$38,810
State rank
5
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for aircraft service attendants is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $46,930, putting the state 5 of 46 — about 16.02% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, aircraft service attendants ranks 392. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $46,930, take-home of $38,196 is worth roughly $38,810 in national money. The average lands at $44,730, below the middle of the range.
- For aircraft service attendants, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,930, ranking 5 of 46 and running about 16.02% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, aircraft service attendants ranks 392 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for aircraft service attendants, whose median is $46,930, the adjusted figure of $38,810 differs little from $38,196 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,730 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,280 |
| This salary | $46,930 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $38,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,888 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,237 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $44,824 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,706 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,930 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,300 and the ninetieth is $49,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,196 take-home in Minnesota comes from $46,930. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 392 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,810, the adjusted value of that $46,930 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 392 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $46,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,300 to $49,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,196, from $46,930, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 392 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $38,810 — the adjusted value of that $46,930 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 392 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $44,730, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,300 and the top tenth $49,280, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $38,810 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $38,196.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Minnesota is $44,730. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,300 to $49,280) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $38,810 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $38,196 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.