Pharmacy Aides in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,071
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$6,359
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,571
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
$37,430
Kept after tax
$31,071
Worth in national money
$31,571
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays pharmacy aides around $37,430 at the midpoint, 19 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, pharmacy aides lands at 463. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $37,430, take-home of $31,071 is worth roughly $31,571 in national money. The average comes to $38,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For pharmacy aides the Minnesota median is $37,430, ranking 19 of 48 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.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 463 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for pharmacy aides, whose median is $37,430, the adjusted figure of $31,571 differs little from $31,071 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $38,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,380 |
| This salary | $37,430 |
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 | $31,071 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,255 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,622 |
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 | $35,956 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,962 |
| 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 $37,430. The published range is $31,530 up to $47,380, 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 $31,071, worked from $37,430. 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 463 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,571 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 463.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacy aides in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,530 to $47,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Minnesota take-home of $31,071, on $37,430 for work ranking 463 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 463 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,571, worked from $37,430, 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 463 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $38,690, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,530 at the bottom tenth to $47,380 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,571 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $31,071 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $38,690. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,530 to $47,380) 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 $31,571 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 $31,071 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.