Occupational Therapy Assistants in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,452
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$13,468
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,280
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
$64,920
Kept after tax
$51,452
Worth in national money
$52,280
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Minnesota. The middle earner gets $64,920. That is 35 of 50 states, and about 10.21% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 241.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $64,920, tax leaves $51,452, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $52,280 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $65,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational therapy assistants, Minnesota sits in the lower band at $64,920, ranking 35 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 10.21%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, occupational therapy assistants sits at 241 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 occupational therapy assistants — median $64,920 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $51,452 retained, $52,280 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $65,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,040 |
| This salary | $64,920 |
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 | $51,452 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,343 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,643 |
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 | $61,322 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,406 |
| 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 $64,920. The published range is $56,360 up to $73,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,452 take-home in Minnesota comes from $64,920. 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 241 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,280 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 241.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $56,360 to $73,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,452, from $64,920, 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 241 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,280, worked from $64,920, 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 241 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $56,360 at the tenth percentile, $73,040 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,280 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 $51,452 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 ($56,360 to $73,040) 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 $52,280 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 $51,452 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.