Parts Salespersons in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,271
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,759
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,887
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
$47,030
Kept after tax
$38,271
Worth in national money
$38,887
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays parts salespersons a middle wage of $47,030, ranking 3 of 50 states and sitting about 21.74% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, parts salespersons ranks 390. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $47,030, take-home of $38,271 is worth roughly $38,887 in national money. The average comes to $47,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota's median for parts salespersons is $47,030, about 21.74% above the national figure and 3 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, parts salespersons ranks 390 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for parts salespersons, whose median is $47,030, the adjusted figure of $38,887 differs little from $38,271 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,480 |
| This salary | $47,030 |
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 | $38,271 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,969 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,244 |
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 | $44,917 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,714 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,030 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,850 and the ninetieth is $63,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $38,271, worked from $47,030. 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 390 of 490.
- Two cautions on $38,887, the adjusted value of that $47,030 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 390 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $47,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,850 to $63,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $38,271, on $47,030 for work ranking 390 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 390 of 490 in the state.
- This $38,887 adjusted figure, worked from $47,030, 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 390 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 390 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,850 and the top tenth $63,480, 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 $38,887.
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, $38,271 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,850 to $63,480) 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 $38,887 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 $38,271 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.