Broadcast Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,091
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,699
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,704
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
$46,790
Kept after tax
$38,091
Worth in national money
$38,704
State rank
31
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays broadcast technicians around $46,790 at the midpoint, 31 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, broadcast technicians lands at 394. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $46,790, take-home of $38,091 is worth roughly $38,704 in national money. The average comes to $52,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For broadcast technicians the Minnesota median is $46,790, ranking 31 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 394 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for broadcast technicians, whose median is $46,790, the adjusted figure of $38,704 differs little from $38,091 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $52,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Broadcast Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,040 |
| This salary | $46,790 |
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 | $38,091 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,776 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,228 |
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 | $44,693 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,695 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,790 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,160 and the ninetieth is $80,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,091 take-home in Minnesota comes from $46,790. 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 394 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,704 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 394.
- The Minnesota median of $46,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,160 to $80,040. 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 $38,091, from $46,790, 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 394 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,704, worked from $46,790, 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 394 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 $52,230, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,160, the highest tenth $80,040, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $38,704.
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 $38,091 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $52,230. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,160) and the ninetieth ($80,040) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $38,704 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 $38,091 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.