Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,141
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$10,119
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,818
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
$52,260
Kept after tax
$42,141
Worth in national money
$42,818
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays this job around $52,260 at the midpoint, 17 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 332 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $52,260, take-home of $42,141 is worth roughly $42,818 in national money. The average comes to $52,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For information and record clerks, all other the Minnesota median is $52,260, ranking 17 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 332 of 490 in Minnesota places information and record clerks, all other 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 information and record clerks, all other, whose median is $52,260, the adjusted figure of $42,818 differs little from $42,141 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $52,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,830 |
| This salary | $52,260 |
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 | $42,141 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,171 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,637 |
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 | $49,733 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,189 |
| 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 information and record clerks, all other in Minnesota earn under $52,260 and half over. The published range runs $36,290 at the tenth percentile to $68,830 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $42,141, from $52,260, 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 332 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,818 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 332.
- Figures are distribution medians for information and record clerks, all other in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,290 to $68,830; 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 $42,141 from $52,260. 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 332 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,818, worked from $52,260, 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 332 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,290 at the tenth percentile, $68,830 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 $42,818.
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, $42,141 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,290 to $68,830) 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 $42,818 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 $42,141 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.