English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,862
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$20,338
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,890
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
$84,200
Kept after tax
$63,862
Worth in national money
$64,890
State rank
11
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 $84,200, ranking 11 of 49 states and sitting about 6.91% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 123.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $84,200, tax leaves $63,862, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $64,890 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $86,950, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota's median for english language and literature teachers, postsecondary is $84,200, about 6.91% above the national figure and 11 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.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, english language and literature teachers, postsecondary sits at 123 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for english language and literature teachers, postsecondary — median $84,200 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $63,862 retained, $64,890 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $86,950 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,160 |
| This salary | $84,200 |
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 | $63,862 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,065 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,154 |
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 | $78,227 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,119 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,200 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,640 and the ninetieth is $127,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $63,862 take-home in Minnesota comes from $84,200. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 123 of 490.
- Two cautions on $64,890, the adjusted value of that $84,200 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 123 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $84,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,640 to $127,160. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $63,862, from $84,200, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 123 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 49 for it.
- This $64,890 adjusted figure, worked from $84,200, 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 123 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 123 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 $86,950 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,640 at the bottom tenth to $127,160 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $64,890 in national terms.
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, $63,862 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 $86,950. 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 ($56,640) and the ninetieth ($127,160) 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 $64,890 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 $63,862 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.