Athletic Trainers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,798
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$13,592
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,631
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
$65,390
Kept after tax
$51,798
Worth in national money
$52,631
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for athletic trainers. The middle earner takes $65,390, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 4.59% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 237.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $65,390, tax leaves $51,798, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $52,631 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $68,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for athletic trainers, at $65,390 — about 4.59% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, athletic trainers sits at 237 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for athletic trainers — median $65,390 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $51,798 retained, $52,631 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $68,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,430 |
| This salary | $65,390 |
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 | $51,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,721 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,681 |
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 | $61,752 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,452 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of athletic trainers in Minnesota earn under $65,390 and half over. The published range runs $57,910 at the tenth percentile to $78,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $51,798, from $65,390, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 237 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,631, the adjusted value of that $65,390 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 237 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for athletic trainers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,910 to $78,430; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,798 from $65,390. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 237 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $52,631 — the adjusted value of that $65,390 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 237 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 $68,750, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $57,910 at the tenth percentile, $78,430 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,631 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $51,798 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $68,750. 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 ($57,910 to $78,430) 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 $52,631 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 $51,798 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.