Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,101
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$6,369
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,601
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
$37,470
Kept after tax
$31,101
Worth in national money
$31,601
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $37,470, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 5.05% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, this job lands at 462. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $37,470, tax leaves $31,101, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $31,601 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $37,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- For automotive and watercraft service attendants, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $37,470, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 5.05% 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.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 462 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for automotive and watercraft service attendants — median $37,470 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $31,101 retained, $31,601 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $37,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,000 |
| This salary | $37,470 |
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 | $31,101 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,287 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,624 |
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 | $35,994 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,965 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,470 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,830 and the ninetieth is $45,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $31,101, worked from $37,470. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 462 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,601 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 462.
- The Minnesota median of $37,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,830 to $45,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $31,101, on $37,470 for work ranking 462 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 462 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,601, worked from $37,470, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 462 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,830 and the top tenth $45,000, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $31,601 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, $31,101 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,830 to $45,000) 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 $31,601 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 $31,101 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.