Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,361
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,329
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,332
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
$78,690
Kept after tax
$60,361
Worth in national money
$61,332
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $78,690, which ranks 5 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 21.15% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 166 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $78,690, tax leaves $60,361, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $61,332 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $79,470, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 5 of 50 states publishing a median for civil engineering technologists and technicians, at $78,690 — about 21.15% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Civil engineering technologists and technicians ranks 166 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for civil engineering technologists and technicians — median $78,690 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $60,361 retained, $61,332 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $79,470 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,640 |
| This salary | $78,690 |
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 | $60,361 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,188 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,723 |
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 | $73,249 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,524 |
| 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 civil engineering technologists and technicians in Minnesota earn under $78,690 and half over. The published range runs $61,860 at the tenth percentile to $95,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $60,361, worked from $78,690. 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 166 of 490.
- Two cautions on $61,332, the adjusted value of that $78,690 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 166 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,860 to $95,640; 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.
- The Minnesota take-home of $60,361, on $78,690 for work ranking 166 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 166 of 490 in the state.
- This $61,332 adjusted figure, worked from $78,690, 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 166 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 166 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $61,860 at the tenth percentile, $95,640 at the ninetieth.
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 $61,332.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $60,361.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,860 to $95,640) 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 $61,332 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 $60,361 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.