Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,319
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,701
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,112
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
$62,020
Kept after tax
$49,319
Worth in national money
$50,112
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $62,020, putting the state 13 of 50 — about 4.59% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 265 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $62,020, take-home of $49,319 is worth roughly $50,112 in national money. The average comes to $64,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,020, ranking 13 of 50 and running about 4.59% 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 and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare ranks 265 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare, whose median is $62,020, the adjusted figure of $50,112 differs little from $49,319 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,030 |
| This salary | $62,020 |
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 | $49,319 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,013 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,413 |
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 | $58,667 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,127 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,020 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,990 and the ninetieth is $88,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $49,319, from $62,020, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 265 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,112 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 265.
- The Minnesota median of $62,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,990 to $88,030. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,319 from $62,020. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 265 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,112, worked from $62,020, 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 265 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 $64,380, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $43,990 at the bottom tenth to $88,030 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,112 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 $49,319 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 50 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 $64,380. 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 ($43,990 to $88,030) 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 $50,112 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 $49,319 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.