Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,526
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,424
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,500
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
$78,950
Kept after tax
$60,526
Worth in national money
$61,500
State rank
9
of 49 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 $78,950, ranking 9 of 49 states and sitting about 4.78% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 161 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $78,950 the take-home is $60,526, which is worth about $61,500 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $82,760, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for education teachers, postsecondary is $78,950, about 4.78% above the national figure and 9 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 161 of 490 in Minnesota places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for education teachers, postsecondary on its $78,950 median: $60,526 retained after tax becomes $61,500 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $82,760 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,400 |
| This salary | $78,950 |
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 | $60,526 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,371 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,743 |
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 | $73,484 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,552 |
| 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 education teachers, postsecondary in Minnesota earn under $78,950 and half over. The published range runs $48,410 at the tenth percentile to $125,400 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 $60,526, worked from $78,950. 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 161 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,500 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 161.
- Figures are distribution medians for education teachers, postsecondary in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,410 to $125,400; 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 $60,526, on $78,950 for work ranking 161 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 161 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,500, worked from $78,950, 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 161 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 $82,760, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,410 and the top tenth $125,400 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,500.
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, $60,526 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 $82,760. 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 ($48,410) and the ninetieth ($125,400) 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 $61,500 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 $60,526 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.