Helpers--Electricians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,061
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,689
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,673
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
$46,750
Kept after tax
$38,061
Worth in national money
$38,673
State rank
13
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for helpers--electricians is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $46,750, putting the state 13 of 47 — about 9.56% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Minnesota, this one sits low: 395 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $46,750 the take-home is $38,061, which is worth about $38,673 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $48,710, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For helpers--electricians, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,750, ranking 13 of 47 and running about 9.56% 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.
- Helpers--electricians occupies position 395 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 helpers--electricians on its $46,750 median: $38,061 retained after tax becomes $38,673 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $48,710 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,760 |
| This salary | $46,750 |
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 | $38,061 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,744 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,226 |
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 | $44,656 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,692 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,750 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,650 and the ninetieth is $52,760 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $38,061, from $46,750, 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 395 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $38,673, the adjusted value of that $46,750 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 395 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $46,750 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,650 to $52,760. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,061 from $46,750. 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 395 of 490 locally.
- This $38,673 adjusted figure, worked from $46,750, 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 395 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 395 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $48,710 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,650 at the tenth percentile, $52,760 at the ninetieth.
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 $38,673 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 $38,061 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 47 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 $48,710. 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 ($42,650 to $52,760) 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 $38,673 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 $38,061 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.