Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,635
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$16,765
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,562
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
$74,400
Kept after tax
$57,635
Worth in national money
$58,562
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $74,400, which ranks 6 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 20.86% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 206 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $74,400, take-home of $57,635 is worth roughly $58,562 in national money. The average lands at $72,830, below the middle of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 6 of 48 states publishing a median for occupational health and safety technicians, at $74,400 — about 20.86% 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.
- Occupational health and safety technicians ranks 206 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for occupational health and safety technicians, whose median is $74,400, the adjusted figure of $58,562 differs little from $57,635 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,830 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,890 |
| This salary | $74,400 |
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 | $57,635 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,170 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,387 |
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 | $69,374 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,060 |
| 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 occupational health and safety technicians in Minnesota earn under $74,400 and half over. The published range runs $50,730 at the tenth percentile to $94,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $57,635 take-home in Minnesota comes from $74,400. 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 206 of 490.
- Two cautions on $58,562, the adjusted value of that $74,400 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 206 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety technicians in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,730 to $94,890; 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 $57,635, from $74,400, 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 206 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 48 for it.
- This $58,562 adjusted figure, worked from $74,400, 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 206 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 206 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,730 and the top tenth $94,890, 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 $58,562.
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 $57,635.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,730 to $94,890) 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 $58,562 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 $57,635 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.