Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,934
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$36,066
28.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,397
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
$127,000
Kept after tax
$90,934
Worth in national money
$92,397
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $127,000, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 19.96% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations Minnesota reports, this job comes in at 31 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $127,000, take-home of $90,934 is worth roughly $92,397 in national money. The average lands at $121,780, below the middle of the range.
- For education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $127,000, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 19.96% 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.
- Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary ranks 31 of 490 occupations by median in Minnesota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, whose median is $127,000, the adjusted figure of $92,397 differs little from $90,934 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $121,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,270 |
| This salary | $127,000 |
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 | $90,934 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,071 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,525 |
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 | $116,708 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,923 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $127,000 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $78,570 and the ninetieth is $166,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $90,934, worked from $127,000. 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 31 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $92,397, the adjusted value of that $127,000 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 31 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $127,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $78,570 to $166,270. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $90,934, on $127,000 for work ranking 31 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 31 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $92,397 — the adjusted value of that $127,000 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 31 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 $121,780 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $78,570 at the bottom tenth to $166,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $92,397 in national terms.
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, $90,934 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 $121,780. 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 ($78,570 to $166,270) 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 $92,397 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 $90,934 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.