First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in Minnesota

A protective helmet, radio and safety vest at an emergency response station.

May 2025 wages · tax year 2026

You keep

$61,575

after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax

Tax takes

$19,025

23.6% of the whole

Worth, in national money

$62,565

Minnesota costs less than average

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

$80,600

Kept after tax

$61,575

Worth in national money

$62,565

State rank

10

of 50 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 $80,600, ranking 10 of 50 states and sitting about 5.5% above the national middle.
  • Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 146 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
  • Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $80,600, tax leaves $61,575, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $62,565 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $76,260.
  • Minnesota's median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other is $80,600, about 5.5% above the national figure and 10 of 50 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 146 of 490 in Minnesota places first-line supervisors of protective service workers, 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.
  • Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other — median $80,600 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $61,575 retained, $62,565 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $76,260 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.

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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other

The state median for this job

50thpercentile, roughly
Lowest tenth earn under$41,600
Half earn under$80,600
Top tenth earn over$104,120
This salary$80,600

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

Compare with
+$3,957take-home per year in Texas
Take-home in Minnesota$61,575
Take-home in Texas$65,532
Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity+$4,872

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

Moving to
$0now · $80,600$73,870
$73,870in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$74,975
You could take a cut of−$6,730
Prices in Texas97 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 protective service workers, all other in Minnesota earn under $80,600 and half over. The published range runs $41,600 at the tenth percentile to $104,120 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
  • That $61,575 take-home in Minnesota comes from $80,600. 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 146 of 490.
  • One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,565, the adjusted value of that $80,600 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 146 of 490 in the state.
  • Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,600 to $104,120; 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 $61,575, from $80,600, 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 146 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 50 for it.
  • Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $62,565 — the adjusted value of that $80,600 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 146 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 $76,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.

Why is the pay range for this job so wide?

The label is broader than the work. From $41,600 at the bottom tenth to $104,120 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 $62,565 in national terms.

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 $61,575.

Why is this job missing from some states?

The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $76,260. 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 ($41,600) and the ninetieth ($104,120) 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 $62,565 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 $61,575 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.