Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,017
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,233
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,790
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
$60,250
Kept after tax
$48,017
Worth in national money
$48,790
State rank
5
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 $60,250, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 22.38% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 281.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $60,250 the take-home is $48,017, which is worth about $48,790 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $62,370, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other is $60,250, about 22.38% above the national figure and 5 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.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other sits at 281 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 installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other on its $60,250 median: $48,017 retained after tax becomes $48,790 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $62,370 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,930 |
| This salary | $60,250 |
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 | $48,017 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,591 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,272 |
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 | $57,047 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,957 |
| 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 installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Minnesota earn under $60,250 and half over. The published range runs $43,190 at the tenth percentile to $84,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,017 take-home in Minnesota comes from $60,250. 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 281 of 490.
- Two cautions on $48,790, the adjusted value of that $60,250 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 281 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,190 to $84,930; 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 $48,017, from $60,250, 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 281 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- This $48,790 adjusted figure, worked from $60,250, 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 281 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 281 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $62,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,190 at the tenth percentile, $84,930 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 $48,790.
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 $48,017 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $62,370. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,190 to $84,930) 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 $48,790 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 $48,017 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.