Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,803
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$10,717
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,507
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
$54,520
Kept after tax
$43,803
Worth in national money
$44,507
State rank
9
of 51 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 $54,520, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 7.73% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 322 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $54,520, tax leaves $43,803, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $44,507 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $55,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota's median for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping is $54,520, about 7.73% above the national figure and 9 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.
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ranks 322 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping — median $54,520 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $43,803 retained, $44,507 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,930 |
| This salary | $54,520 |
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 | $43,803 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,987 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,816 |
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 | $51,802 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,406 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,520 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,730 and the ninetieth is $66,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $43,803 take-home in Minnesota comes from $54,520. 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 322 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,507 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 322.
- The Minnesota median of $54,520 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,730 to $66,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $43,803, from $54,520, 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 322 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,507, worked from $54,520, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 322 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,730 at the tenth percentile, $66,930 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 $44,507.
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, $43,803 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,730 to $66,930) 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 $44,507 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 $43,803 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.