Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,773
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,987
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,445
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
$51,760
Kept after tax
$41,773
Worth in national money
$42,445
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for loan interviewers and clerks is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $51,760, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 3.48% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 337.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,760, tax leaves $41,773, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,445 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $54,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- For loan interviewers and clerks, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,760, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 3.48% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 337 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for loan interviewers and clerks — median $51,760 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,773 retained, $42,445 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $54,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,720 |
| This salary | $51,760 |
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 | $41,773 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,597 |
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 | $49,276 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,141 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,760 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,210 and the ninetieth is $71,720 — 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 $41,773, worked from $51,760. 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 337 of 490.
- Two cautions on $42,445, the adjusted value of that $51,760 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 337 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $51,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,210 to $71,720. 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 $41,773, on $51,760 for work ranking 337 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 337 of 490 in the state.
- This $42,445 adjusted figure, worked from $51,760, 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 337 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 337 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $54,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,210 and the top tenth $71,720, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,445.
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 $41,773.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $54,320. 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 ($39,210 to $71,720) 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 $42,445 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 $41,773 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.