Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,189
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,731
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,803
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
$46,920
Kept after tax
$38,189
Worth in national money
$38,803
State rank
11
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 $46,920, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 5.08% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, this job lands at 393. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $46,920, take-home of $38,189 is worth roughly $38,803 in national money. The average comes to $48,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's median for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators is $46,920, about 5.08% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 393 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, whose median is $46,920, the adjusted figure of $38,803 differs little from $38,189 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $48,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,130 |
| This salary | $46,920 |
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 | $38,189 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,880 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,237 |
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 | $44,815 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,705 |
| 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 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Minnesota earn under $46,920 and half over. The published range runs $37,360 at the tenth percentile to $61,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,189 take-home in Minnesota comes from $46,920. 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 393 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,803, the adjusted value of that $46,920 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 393 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,360 to $61,130; 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 $38,189, from $46,920, 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 393 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $38,803 — the adjusted value of that $46,920 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 393 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,360 and the top tenth $61,130, 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 $38,803 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,189 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,360 to $61,130) 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 $38,803 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 $38,189 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.