Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,184
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$6,396
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,685
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
$37,580
Kept after tax
$31,184
Worth in national money
$31,685
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for laundry and dry-cleaning workers. The middle earner takes $37,580, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 7.71% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, laundry and dry-cleaning workers ranks 457. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $37,580, take-home of $31,184 is worth roughly $31,685 in national money. The average comes to $38,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for laundry and dry-cleaning workers, at $37,580 — about 7.71% 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.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, laundry and dry-cleaning workers ranks 457 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for laundry and dry-cleaning workers, whose median is $37,580, the adjusted figure of $31,685 differs little from $31,184 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $38,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,530 |
| This salary | $37,580 |
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 | $31,184 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,376 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,632 |
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 | $36,097 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,973 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,580 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,090 and the ninetieth is $46,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $31,184, worked from $37,580. 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 457 of 490.
- Two cautions on $31,685, the adjusted value of that $37,580 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 457 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $37,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,090 to $46,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $31,184, on $37,580 for work ranking 457 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 457 of 490 in the state.
- This $31,685 adjusted figure, worked from $37,580, 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 457 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 457 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,090 at the tenth percentile, $46,530 at the ninetieth.
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 $31,685 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 $31,184.
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 ($31,090 to $46,530) 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 $31,685 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 $31,184 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.