Food Processing Workers, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,349
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$7,451
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,901
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
$41,800
Kept after tax
$34,349
Worth in national money
$34,901
State rank
15
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays food processing workers, all other a middle wage of $41,800, ranking 15 of 46 states and sitting about 5.34% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Minnesota, this one sits low: 435 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $41,800 the take-home is $34,349, which is worth about $34,901 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $43,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for food processing workers, all other is $41,800, about 5.34% above the national figure and 15 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Food processing workers, all other occupies position 435 of 490 in Minnesota's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for food processing workers, all other on its $41,800 median: $34,349 retained after tax becomes $34,901 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $43,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,850 |
| This salary | $41,800 |
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 | $34,349 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,766 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,905 |
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 | $40,036 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,304 |
| 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 food processing workers, all other in Minnesota earn under $41,800 and half over. The published range runs $38,580 at the tenth percentile to $51,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $34,349, worked from $41,800. 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 435 of 490.
- Two cautions on $34,901, the adjusted value of that $41,800 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 435 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for food processing workers, all other in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,580 to $51,850; 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.
- The Minnesota take-home of $34,349, on $41,800 for work ranking 435 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 435 of 490 in the state.
- This $34,901 adjusted figure, worked from $41,800, 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 435 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 435 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 $43,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,580 at the tenth percentile, $51,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $34,901.
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, $34,349 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 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 $43,320. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,580 to $51,850) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
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 $34,901 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 $34,349 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.