Dental Laboratory Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,958
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,132
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,681
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
$56,090
Kept after tax
$44,958
Worth in national money
$45,681
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $56,090, ranking 10 of 46 states and sitting about 13.06% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 316.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $56,090, tax leaves $44,958, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $45,681 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,900.
- Minnesota's median for dental laboratory technicians is $56,090, about 13.06% above the national figure and 10 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, dental laboratory technicians sits at 316 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 dental laboratory technicians — median $56,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $44,958 retained, $45,681 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,900 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dental Laboratory Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,650 |
| This salary | $56,090 |
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 | $44,958 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,248 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,941 |
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 | $53,239 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,557 |
| 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 dental laboratory technicians in Minnesota earn under $56,090 and half over. The published range runs $39,350 at the tenth percentile to $76,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $44,958 take-home in Minnesota comes from $56,090. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 316 of 490.
- Two cautions on $45,681, the adjusted value of that $56,090 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 316 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dental laboratory technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,350 to $76,650; 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.
- Retained pay of $44,958, from $56,090, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 316 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 46 for it.
- This $45,681 adjusted figure, worked from $56,090, 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 316 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 316 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,350 at the tenth percentile, $76,650 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,681 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 $44,958 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 46 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 ($39,350 to $76,650) 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 $45,681 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 $44,958 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.