Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,150
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$15,340
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,037
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
$70,490
Kept after tax
$55,150
Worth in national money
$56,037
State rank
10
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $70,490, putting the state 10 of 45 — about 6.61% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 222 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $70,490, tax leaves $55,150, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $56,037 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $72,070, since top earners drag the number up.
- For industrial engineering technologists and technicians, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,490, ranking 10 of 45 and running about 6.61% 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.
- Position 222 of 490 in Minnesota places industrial engineering technologists and technicians 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for industrial engineering technologists and technicians — median $70,490 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $55,150 retained, $56,037 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $72,070 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,680 |
| This salary | $70,490 |
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 | $55,150 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,420 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,081 |
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 | $65,924 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,432 |
| 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 industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Minnesota earn under $70,490 and half over. The published range runs $50,760 at the tenth percentile to $95,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,150 take-home in Minnesota comes from $70,490. 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 222 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,037 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 222.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,760 to $95,680; 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.
- Retained pay of $55,150, from $70,490, 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 222 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,037, worked from $70,490, 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 222 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,760 and the top tenth $95,680, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $56,037 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $55,150 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,760 to $95,680) 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 $56,037 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 $55,150 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.