Machinists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,672
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,468
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,455
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
$61,140
Kept after tax
$48,672
Worth in national money
$49,455
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for machinists is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $61,140, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 4.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 275 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $61,140 the take-home is $48,672, which is worth about $49,455 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $62,310, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For machinists, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,140, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 4.07% 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.
- Machinists ranks 275 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for machinists on its $61,140 median: $48,672 retained after tax becomes $49,455 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $62,310 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,380 |
| This salary | $61,140 |
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 | $48,672 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,306 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,343 |
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 | $57,862 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,043 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,140 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,550 and the ninetieth is $80,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $48,672, from $61,140, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 275 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,455 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 275.
- The Minnesota median of $61,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,550 to $80,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,672 from $61,140. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 275 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,455, worked from $61,140, 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 275 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,550 at the tenth percentile, $80,380 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 $49,455.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $48,672 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,550 to $80,380) 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 $49,455 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 $48,672 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.