Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,104
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$10,106
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,781
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
$52,210
Kept after tax
$42,104
Worth in national money
$42,781
State rank
10
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 $52,210, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 8.21% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 333.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $52,210 the take-home is $42,104, which is worth about $42,781 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $55,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders, at $52,210 — about 8.21% 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.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 333 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders on its $52,210 median: $42,104 retained after tax becomes $42,781 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $55,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,460 |
| This salary | $52,210 |
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 | $42,104 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,131 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,633 |
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 | $49,687 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,184 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,210 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,750 and the ninetieth is $70,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $42,104, from $52,210, 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 333 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 $42,781 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 333.
- The Minnesota median of $52,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,750 to $70,460. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $42,104 from $52,210. 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 333 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,781, worked from $52,210, 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 333 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $55,840, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,750 at the bottom tenth to $70,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,781 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $42,104 remains.
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.
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 $55,840. 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 ($40,750 to $70,460) 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 $42,781 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 $42,104 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.