Paramedics in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,842
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$17,458
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,788
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
$76,300
Kept after tax
$58,842
Worth in national money
$59,788
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for paramedics. The middle earner takes $76,300, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 25.91% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Paramedics ranks 194 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $76,300 the take-home is $58,842, which is worth about $59,788 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $74,820, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Minnesota ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for paramedics, at $76,300 — about 25.91% 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.
- Position 194 of 490 in Minnesota places paramedics 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for paramedics on its $76,300 median: $58,842 retained after tax becomes $59,788 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $74,820 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Paramedics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,910 |
| This salary | $76,300 |
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 | $58,842 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,507 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,536 |
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 | $71,090 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,265 |
| 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 $76,300. The published range is $60,320 up to $93,910, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,842 take-home in Minnesota comes from $76,300. 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 194 of 490.
- Two cautions on $59,788, the adjusted value of that $76,300 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 194 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for paramedics in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,320 to $93,910. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,842, from $76,300, 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 194 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $59,788 adjusted figure, worked from $76,300, 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 194 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 194 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,320 and the top tenth $93,910, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $59,788 in national terms.
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, $58,842 remains.
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 ($60,320 to $93,910) 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 $59,788 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 $58,842 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.