Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,887
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$15,763
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,786
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
$71,650
Kept after tax
$55,887
Worth in national money
$56,786
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays this job around $71,650 at the midpoint, 25 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 216 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $71,650, tax leaves $55,887, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $56,786 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $72,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For career/technical education teachers, secondary school the Minnesota median is $71,650, ranking 25 of 49 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.
- Position 216 of 490 in Minnesota places career/technical education teachers, secondary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for career/technical education teachers, secondary school — median $71,650 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $55,887 retained, $56,786 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $72,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,440 |
| This salary | $71,650 |
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 | $55,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,236 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,172 |
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 | $66,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,686 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $71,650. The published range is $48,210 up to $100,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $55,887, from $71,650, 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 216 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 $56,786, the adjusted value of that $71,650 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 216 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,210 to $100,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $55,887 from $71,650. 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 216 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $56,786 — the adjusted value of that $71,650 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 216 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,210 and the top tenth $100,440 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $56,786 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $55,887 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,210) and the ninetieth ($100,440) 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 $56,786 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 $55,887 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.