Physical Therapist Aides in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,746
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$7,584
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,305
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
$42,330
Kept after tax
$34,746
Worth in national money
$35,305
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for physical therapist aides. The middle earner takes $42,330, which ranks 2 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 20.12% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, physical therapist aides ranks 434. 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 $42,330, take-home of $34,746 is worth roughly $35,305 in national money. The average comes to $43,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 2 of 50 states publishing a median for physical therapist aides, at $42,330 — about 20.12% 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.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, physical therapist aides ranks 434 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 physical therapist aides, whose median is $42,330, the adjusted figure of $35,305 differs little from $34,746 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $43,870 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,190 |
| This salary | $42,330 |
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 | $34,746 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,192 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,939 |
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 | $40,530 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,345 |
| 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 physical therapist aides in Minnesota earn under $42,330 and half over. The published range runs $37,510 at the tenth percentile to $48,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,746 take-home in Minnesota comes from $42,330. 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 434 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,305 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 434.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist aides in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,510 to $48,190; 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 $34,746, from $42,330, 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 434 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,305, worked from $42,330, 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 434 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 $43,870, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,510 and the top tenth $48,190, 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 $35,305.
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, $34,746 remains.
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.
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 $43,870. 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 ($37,510 to $48,190) 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 $35,305 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 $34,746 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.