Human Resources Specialists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,405
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,355
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,377
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
$78,760
Kept after tax
$60,405
Worth in national money
$61,377
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for human resources specialists. The middle earner takes $78,760, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.71% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Human resources specialists ranks 165 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $78,760, take-home of $60,405 is worth roughly $61,377 in national money. The average comes to $83,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for human resources specialists, at $78,760 — about 3.71% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 165 of 490 in Minnesota places human resources specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for human resources specialists, whose median is $78,760, the adjusted figure of $61,377 differs little from $60,405 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $83,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Human Resources Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,060 |
| This salary | $78,760 |
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 | $60,405 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,238 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,728 |
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 | $73,313 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,531 |
| 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 human resources specialists in Minnesota earn under $78,760 and half over. The published range runs $50,330 at the tenth percentile to $127,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $60,405, from $78,760, 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 165 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,377, the adjusted value of that $78,760 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 165 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for human resources specialists in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,330 to $127,060; 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.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,405 from $78,760. 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 165 of 490 locally.
- This $61,377 adjusted figure, worked from $78,760, 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 165 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 165 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 $83,970 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,330 and the top tenth $127,060 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,377 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 $60,405.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $83,970. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,330) and the ninetieth ($127,060) 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 $61,377 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 $60,405 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.