Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,645
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$33,405
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,039
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
$120,050
Kept after tax
$86,645
Worth in national money
$88,039
State rank
10
of 45 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 $120,050, ranking 10 of 45 states and sitting about 4.25% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 36 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $120,050 the take-home is $86,645, which is worth about $88,039 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $120,490, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors is $120,050, about 4.25% above the national figure and 10 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Minnesota, health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ranks 36 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors on its $120,050 median: $86,645 retained after tax becomes $88,039 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $120,490 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,480 |
| This salary | $120,050 |
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 | $86,645 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,285 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,958 |
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 | $110,611 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,993 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $120,050. The published range is $82,100 up to $165,480, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $86,645, worked from $120,050. 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 36 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $88,039, the adjusted value of that $120,050 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 36 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $82,100 to $165,480. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $86,645, on $120,050 for work ranking 36 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 36 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $88,039 — the adjusted value of that $120,050 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 36 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $82,100 at the bottom tenth to $165,480 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $88,039 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 $86,645 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($82,100 to $165,480) 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 $88,039 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 $86,645 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.