Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,514
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,506
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,117
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
$46,020
Kept after tax
$37,514
Worth in national money
$38,117
State rank
4
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 $46,020, ranking 4 of 49 states and sitting about 25.5% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 403. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $46,020, take-home of $37,514 is worth roughly $38,117 in national money. The average comes to $47,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's median for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals is $46,020, about 25.5% above the national figure and 4 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.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals ranks 403 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, whose median is $46,020, the adjusted figure of $38,117 differs little from $37,514 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,990 |
| This salary | $46,020 |
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 | $37,514 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,157 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,178 |
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 | $43,975 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,635 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,020 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,150 and the ninetieth is $79,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,514 take-home in Minnesota comes from $46,020. 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 403 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,117, the adjusted value of that $46,020 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 403 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $46,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,150 to $79,990. 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 $37,514, from $46,020, 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 403 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $38,117 — the adjusted value of that $46,020 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 403 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 $47,570, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $23,150, the highest tenth $79,990, 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 $38,117.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $37,514.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $47,570. 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 ($23,150) and the ninetieth ($79,990) 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 $38,117 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 $37,514 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.