Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,013
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$19,277
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,011
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
$81,290
Kept after tax
$62,013
Worth in national money
$63,011
State rank
14
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 $81,290, ranking 14 of 49 states and sitting about 3.75% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 140 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $81,290 the take-home is $62,013, which is worth about $63,011 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $80,080, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Minnesota's median for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other is $81,290, about 3.75% above the national figure and 14 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 140 of 490 in Minnesota places engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other 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 engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other on its $81,290 median: $62,013 retained after tax becomes $63,011 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $80,080 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,490 |
| This salary | $81,290 |
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 | $62,013 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,018 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,926 |
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 | $75,598 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,804 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $81,290. The published range is $54,340 up to $100,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $62,013, worked from $81,290. 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 140 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,011 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 140.
- Reported values are medians; for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,340 to $100,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $62,013, on $81,290 for work ranking 140 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 140 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,011, worked from $81,290, 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 140 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,340 and the top tenth $100,490, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $63,011 in national terms.
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 $62,013 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,340 to $100,490) 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 $63,011 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 $62,013 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.