Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,274
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,246
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,002
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
$56,520
Kept after tax
$45,274
Worth in national money
$46,002
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for court, municipal, and license clerks. The middle earner takes $56,520, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.06% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 314.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $56,520, take-home of $45,274 is worth roughly $46,002 in national money. The average comes to $59,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for court, municipal, and license clerks, at $56,520 — about 16.06% 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, court, municipal, and license clerks sits at 314 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for court, municipal, and license clerks, whose median is $56,520, the adjusted figure of $46,002 differs little from $45,274 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $59,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,950 |
| This salary | $56,520 |
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 | $45,274 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,594 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,975 |
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 | $53,633 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,598 |
| 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 court, municipal, and license clerks in Minnesota earn under $56,520 and half over. The published range runs $46,340 at the tenth percentile to $75,950 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 $45,274, worked from $56,520. 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 314 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,002 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 314.
- Figures are distribution medians for court, municipal, and license clerks in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,340 to $75,950; 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 $45,274, on $56,520 for work ranking 314 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 314 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,002, worked from $56,520, 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 314 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 $59,170, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,340 and the top tenth $75,950, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,002 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, $45,274 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $59,170. 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 ($46,340 to $75,950) 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 $46,002 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 $45,274 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.