First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,744
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$21,416
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,801
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
$87,160
Kept after tax
$65,744
Worth in national money
$66,801
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $87,160, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 9.14% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 113 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $87,160, tax leaves $65,744, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $66,801 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $89,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $87,160, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 9.14% 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.
- Within Minnesota, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers ranks 113 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers — median $87,160 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $65,744 retained, $66,801 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $89,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,410 |
| This salary | $87,160 |
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 | $65,744 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,147 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,385 |
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 | $80,901 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,439 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Minnesota earn under $87,160 and half over. The published range runs $57,210 at the tenth percentile to $127,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $65,744 take-home in Minnesota comes from $87,160. 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 113 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,801 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 113.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,210 to $127,410; 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.
- Retained pay of $65,744, from $87,160, 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 113 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,801, worked from $87,160, 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 113 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $89,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $57,210, the highest tenth $127,410, 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 $66,801.
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 $65,744.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $89,820. 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 ($57,210) and the ninetieth ($127,410) 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 $66,801 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 $65,744 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.