Compliance Officers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,956
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$20,964
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,000
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
$85,920
Kept after tax
$64,956
Worth in national money
$66,000
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for compliance officers. The middle earner takes $85,920, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.43% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 116 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $85,920, tax leaves $64,956, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $66,000 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $91,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for compliance officers, at $85,920 — about 6.43% 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.
- Within Minnesota, compliance officers ranks 116 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for compliance officers — median $85,920 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $64,956 retained, $66,000 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $91,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,040 |
| This salary | $85,920 |
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 | $64,956 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,275 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,288 |
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 | $79,780 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,305 |
| 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 compliance officers in Minnesota earn under $85,920 and half over. The published range runs $55,830 at the tenth percentile to $134,040 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 $64,956, worked from $85,920. 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 116 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,000, the adjusted value of that $85,920 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 116 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for compliance officers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,830 to $134,040; 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 $64,956, on $85,920 for work ranking 116 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 116 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $66,000 — the adjusted value of that $85,920 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 116 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $91,820 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $55,830, the highest tenth $134,040, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $66,000 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, $64,956 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $91,820. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($55,830) and the ninetieth ($134,040) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $66,000 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 $64,956 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.