Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,007
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$19,273
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,004
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
$81,280
Kept after tax
$62,007
Worth in national money
$63,004
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays this job around $81,280 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 141 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $81,280, tax leaves $62,007, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $63,004 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $87,310, since top earners drag the number up.
- For nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary the Minnesota median is $81,280, ranking 20 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 141 of 490 in Minnesota places nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary — median $81,280 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,007 retained, $63,004 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $87,310 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,810 |
| This salary | $81,280 |
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 | $62,007 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,010 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,925 |
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 | $75,589 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,803 |
| 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 $81,280. The published range is $61,760 up to $123,810, 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 $62,007, worked from $81,280. 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 141 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,004 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 141.
- Reported values are medians; for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,760 to $123,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $62,007, on $81,280 for work ranking 141 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 141 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,004, worked from $81,280, 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 141 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $87,310 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,760 and the top tenth $123,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $63,004.
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, $62,007 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.
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 $87,310. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,760) and the ninetieth ($123,810) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $63,004 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 $62,007 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.