Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,384
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,646
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,131
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
$58,030
Kept after tax
$46,384
Worth in national money
$47,131
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,030, which ranks 7 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 17.88% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 304 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $58,030, take-home of $46,384 is worth roughly $47,131 in national money. The average lands at $57,370, below the middle of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 7 of 49 states publishing a median for insurance claims and policy processing clerks, at $58,030 — about 17.88% 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.
- Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ranks 304 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for insurance claims and policy processing clerks, whose median is $58,030, the adjusted figure of $47,131 differs little from $46,384 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $57,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,090 |
| This salary | $58,030 |
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 | $46,384 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,807 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,095 |
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 | $55,015 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,744 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $58,030. The published range is $48,110 up to $72,090, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $46,384, worked from $58,030. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 304 of 490.
- Two cautions on $47,131, the adjusted value of that $58,030 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 304 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance claims and policy processing clerks in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,110 to $72,090. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $46,384, on $58,030 for work ranking 304 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 304 of 490 in the state.
- This $47,131 adjusted figure, worked from $58,030, 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 304 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 304 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,110 and the top tenth $72,090, 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 $47,131 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 $46,384.
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 49 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 ($48,110 to $72,090) 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 $47,131 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 $46,384 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.