Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,465
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,315
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,196
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
$56,780
Kept after tax
$45,465
Worth in national money
$46,196
State rank
9
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $56,780, putting the state 9 of 48 — about 12.01% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 312.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $56,780, tax leaves $45,465, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $46,196 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $56,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer numerically controlled tool operators, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $56,780, ranking 9 of 48 and running about 12.01% 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.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, computer numerically controlled tool operators sits at 312 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for computer numerically controlled tool operators — median $56,780 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $45,465 retained, $46,196 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $56,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,340 |
| This salary | $56,780 |
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 | $45,465 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,803 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,996 |
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 | $53,871 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,623 |
| 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 $56,780. The published range is $43,890 up to $76,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $45,465, worked from $56,780. 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 312 of 490.
- Two cautions on $46,196, the adjusted value of that $56,780 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 312 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,890 to $76,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $45,465, on $56,780 for work ranking 312 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 312 of 490 in the state.
- This $46,196 adjusted figure, worked from $56,780, 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 312 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 312 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,890 at the bottom tenth to $76,340 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 $46,196 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $45,465 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,890 to $76,340) 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 $46,196 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 $45,465 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.