Financial Examiners in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,611
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$27,649
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,843
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
$104,260
Kept after tax
$76,611
Worth in national money
$77,843
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for financial examiners. The middle earner takes $104,260, which ranks 8 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 10.73% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations Minnesota reports, financial examiners comes in at 58 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $104,260 the take-home is $76,611, which is worth about $77,843 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $106,670, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota ranks 8 of 49 states publishing a median for financial examiners, at $104,260 — about 10.73% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Financial examiners ranks 58 of 490 occupations by median in Minnesota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for financial examiners on its $104,260 median: $76,611 retained after tax becomes $77,843 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $106,670 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,710 |
| This salary | $104,260 |
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 | $76,611 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,177 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,723 |
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 | $96,348 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,287 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,260 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,950 and the ninetieth is $156,710 — 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 $76,611, worked from $104,260. 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 58 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,843 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 58.
- The Minnesota median of $104,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,950 to $156,710. 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 $76,611, on $104,260 for work ranking 58 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 58 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,843, worked from $104,260, 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 58 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $65,950 at the bottom tenth to $156,710 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 $77,843 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 $76,611 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,950) and the ninetieth ($156,710) 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 $77,843 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 $76,611 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.