Community Health Workers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,669
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,891
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,291
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
$47,560
Kept after tax
$38,669
Worth in national money
$39,291
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Minnesota pays community health workers a middle wage of $47,560, 40 of 51 states and about 8.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, community health workers ranks 387. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $47,560, take-home of $38,669 is worth roughly $39,291 in national money. The average comes to $52,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's $47,560 median for community health workers places it 40 of 51 states, about 8.27% 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.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, community health workers ranks 387 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for community health workers, whose median is $47,560, the adjusted figure of $39,291 differs little from $38,669 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $52,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community Health Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,160 |
| This salary | $47,560 |
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 | $38,669 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,394 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,278 |
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 | $45,412 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,755 |
| 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 $47,560. The published range is $42,610 up to $69,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $38,669, from $47,560, 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 387 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,291, the adjusted value of that $47,560 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 387 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for community health workers in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,610 to $69,160. 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 $38,669 from $47,560. 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 387 of 490 locally.
- This $39,291 adjusted figure, worked from $47,560, 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 387 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 387 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 $52,050, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,610 at the tenth percentile, $69,160 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,291 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 $38,669.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $52,050. 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 ($42,610 to $69,160) 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 $39,291 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 $38,669 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.