Health Education Specialists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,177
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,223
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,145
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
$78,400
Kept after tax
$60,177
Worth in national money
$61,145
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays health education specialists a middle wage of $78,400, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 22.37% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 171 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $78,400 the take-home is $60,177, which is worth about $61,145 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $78,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Minnesota's median for health education specialists is $78,400, about 22.37% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Health education specialists ranks 171 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for health education specialists on its $78,400 median: $60,177 retained after tax becomes $61,145 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $78,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Health Education Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,780 |
| This salary | $78,400 |
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 | $60,177 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,984 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,700 |
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 | $72,987 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,492 |
| 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 $78,400. The published range is $45,730 up to $106,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $60,177, from $78,400, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 171 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,145, the adjusted value of that $78,400 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 171 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for health education specialists in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,730 to $106,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,177 from $78,400. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 171 of 490 locally.
- This $61,145 adjusted figure, worked from $78,400, 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 171 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 171 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $45,730, the highest tenth $106,780, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $61,145 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $60,177.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($45,730) and the ninetieth ($106,780) 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 $61,145 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 $60,177 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.