Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,752
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,418
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,488
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
$57,170
Kept after tax
$45,752
Worth in national money
$46,488
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,170, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 17.71% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 311.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,170 the take-home is $45,752, which is worth about $46,488 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $57,480, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers, at $57,170 — about 17.71% 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.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers sits at 311 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers on its $57,170 median: $45,752 retained after tax becomes $46,488 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $57,480 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,510 |
| This salary | $57,170 |
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 | $45,752 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,116 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,027 |
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 | $54,228 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,661 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,170 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,030 and the ninetieth is $76,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,752 take-home in Minnesota comes from $57,170. 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 311 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,488 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 311.
- The Minnesota median of $57,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,030 to $76,510. 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 $45,752, from $57,170, 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 311 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,488, worked from $57,170, 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 311 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,030 and the top tenth $76,510, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,488 in national terms.
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 $45,752.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,030 to $76,510) 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 $46,488 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 $45,752 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.