Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,660
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$16,780
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,587
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
$74,440
Kept after tax
$57,660
Worth in national money
$58,587
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $74,440, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 18.29% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 205 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $74,440 the take-home is $57,660, which is worth about $58,587 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $73,630, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $74,440, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 18.29% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ranks 205 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians on its $74,440 median: $57,660 retained after tax becomes $58,587 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $73,630 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,190 |
| This salary | $74,440 |
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 | $57,660 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,199 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,390 |
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 | $69,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,064 |
| 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 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in Minnesota earn under $74,440 and half over. The published range runs $49,810 at the tenth percentile to $101,190 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 $57,660, worked from $74,440. 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 205 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,587, the adjusted value of that $74,440 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 205 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,810 to $101,190; 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 $57,660, on $74,440 for work ranking 205 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 205 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $58,587 — the adjusted value of that $74,440 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 205 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,810 and the top tenth $101,190, 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 $58,587 in national terms.
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 $57,660.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,810 to $101,190) 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 $58,587 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 $57,660 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.