Data Entry Keyers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,209
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,071
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,791
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
$44,280
Kept after tax
$36,209
Worth in national money
$36,791
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for data entry keyers is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $44,280, putting the state 13 of 49 — about 7.11% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, data entry keyers lands at 421. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $44,280, take-home of $36,209 is worth roughly $36,791 in national money. The average comes to $47,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For data entry keyers, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,280, ranking 13 of 49 and running about 7.11% 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.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 421 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for data entry keyers, whose median is $44,280, the adjusted figure of $36,791 differs little from $36,209 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,820 |
| This salary | $44,280 |
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 | $36,209 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,759 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,066 |
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 | $42,350 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,498 |
| 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 data entry keyers in Minnesota earn under $44,280 and half over. The published range runs $35,200 at the tenth percentile to $71,820 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 $36,209, worked from $44,280. 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 421 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,791 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 421.
- Figures are distribution medians for data entry keyers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,200 to $71,820; 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 $36,209, on $44,280 for work ranking 421 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 421 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,791, worked from $44,280, 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 421 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 $47,570 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 $35,200, the highest tenth $71,820, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $36,791.
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, $36,209 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $47,570. 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 ($35,200) and the ninetieth ($71,820) 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 $36,791 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 $36,209 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.