Dietetic Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,706
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,904
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,329
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
$47,610
Kept after tax
$38,706
Worth in national money
$39,329
State rank
4
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for dietetic technicians. The middle earner takes $47,610, which ranks 4 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 26.49% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, dietetic technicians lands at 386. 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 $47,610, take-home of $38,706 is worth roughly $39,329 in national money. The average comes to $51,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 4 of 45 states publishing a median for dietetic technicians, at $47,610 — about 26.49% 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, this work ranks 386 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 dietetic technicians, whose median is $47,610, the adjusted figure of $39,329 differs little from $38,706 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,670 |
| This salary | $47,610 |
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 | $38,706 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,435 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,282 |
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 | $45,459 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,759 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,610 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,900 and the ninetieth is $63,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,706 take-home in Minnesota comes from $47,610. 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 386 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,329, the adjusted value of that $47,610 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 386 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $47,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,900 to $63,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,706, from $47,610, 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 386 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $39,329 — the adjusted value of that $47,610 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 386 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 $51,020, 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 $42,900 and the top tenth $63,670, 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 $39,329 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $38,706.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $51,020. 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 ($42,900 to $63,670) 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 $39,329 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 $38,706 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.