Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,935
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$10,405
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,626
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
$53,340
Kept after tax
$42,935
Worth in national money
$43,626
State rank
33
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $53,340, 33 of 47 states and about 8.1% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 331 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $53,340, take-home of $42,935 is worth roughly $43,626 in national money. The average comes to $55,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's $53,340 median for chemical equipment operators and tenders places it 33 of 47 states, about 8.1% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 331 of 490 in Minnesota places chemical equipment operators and tenders 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for chemical equipment operators and tenders, whose median is $53,340, the adjusted figure of $43,626 differs little from $42,935 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,290 |
| This salary | $53,340 |
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 | $42,935 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,039 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,722 |
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 | $50,722 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,293 |
| 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 $53,340. The published range is $40,210 up to $74,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $42,935, from $53,340, 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 331 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,626 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 331.
- Reported values are medians; for chemical equipment operators and tenders in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,210 to $74,290. 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 $42,935 from $53,340. 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 331 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,626, worked from $53,340, 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 331 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 $55,130, 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 $40,210 and the top tenth $74,290, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,626.
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 $42,935 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 $55,130. 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 ($40,210 to $74,290) 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 $43,626 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 $42,935 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.