Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,908
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,913
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,710
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
$62,820
Kept after tax
$49,908
Worth in national money
$50,710
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $62,820, putting the state 8 of 50 — about 15.88% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 254 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $62,820 the take-home is $49,908, which is worth about $50,710 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $64,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For eligibility interviewers, government programs, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,820, ranking 8 of 50 and running about 15.88% 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.
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs ranks 254 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for eligibility interviewers, government programs on its $62,820 median: $49,908 retained after tax becomes $50,710 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $64,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,980 |
| This salary | $62,820 |
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 | $49,908 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,656 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,476 |
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 | $59,400 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,204 |
| 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 eligibility interviewers, government programs in Minnesota earn under $62,820 and half over. The published range runs $50,220 at the tenth percentile to $77,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $49,908, from $62,820, 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 254 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,710, the adjusted value of that $62,820 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 254 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,220 to $77,980; 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.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,908 from $62,820. 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 254 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $50,710 — the adjusted value of that $62,820 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 254 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,220 at the tenth percentile, $77,980 at the ninetieth.
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 $50,710 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 $49,908 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,220 to $77,980) 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 $50,710 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 $49,908 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.