Electricians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,024
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,136
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,990
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
$78,160
Kept after tax
$60,024
Worth in national money
$60,990
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for electricians is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $78,160, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 23.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 174 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 $78,160, take-home of $60,024 is worth roughly $60,990 in national money. The average comes to $80,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electricians, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,160, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 23.69% 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.
- Electricians ranks 174 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 electricians, whose median is $78,160, the adjusted figure of $60,990 differs little from $60,024 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $80,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,820 |
| This salary | $78,160 |
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 | $60,024 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,816 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,681 |
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 | $72,771 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,466 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,160 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,480 and the ninetieth is $118,820 — 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 $60,024, worked from $78,160. 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 174 of 490.
- Two cautions on $60,990, the adjusted value of that $78,160 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 174 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $78,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,480 to $118,820. 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 $60,024, on $78,160 for work ranking 174 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 174 of 490 in the state.
- This $60,990 adjusted figure, worked from $78,160, 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 174 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 174 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 $80,830 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,480, the highest tenth $118,820, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $60,990.
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, $60,024 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $80,830. 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 ($47,480) and the ninetieth ($118,820) 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 $60,990 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 $60,024 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.