Biological Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,096
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,034
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,725
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
$48,130
Kept after tax
$39,096
Worth in national money
$39,725
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is among the lower-paying states for biological technicians. The middle earner takes $48,130, ranking 43 of 51 states — about 16.31% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Minnesota, this one sits low: 376 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $48,130, tax leaves $39,096, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,725 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $53,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 43 of 51 for biological technicians, with a median of $48,130 — about 16.31% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Biological technicians occupies position 376 of 490 in Minnesota's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for biological technicians — median $48,130 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,096 retained, $39,725 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $53,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,280 |
| This salary | $48,130 |
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 | $39,096 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,852 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,315 |
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 | $45,944 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,800 |
| 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 biological technicians in Minnesota earn under $48,130 and half over. The published range runs $40,940 at the tenth percentile to $73,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $39,096, from $48,130, 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 376 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,725, the adjusted value of that $48,130 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 376 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,940 to $73,280; 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 $39,096 from $48,130. 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 376 of 490 locally.
- This $39,725 adjusted figure, worked from $48,130, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 376 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 376 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,270, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,940 and the top tenth $73,280, 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 $39,725 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,096 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $53,270. 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 ($40,940 to $73,280) 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 $39,725 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 $39,096 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.