Physical Therapist Assistants in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,786
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$13,984
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,635
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
$66,770
Kept after tax
$52,786
Worth in national money
$53,635
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays physical therapist assistants around $66,770 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Physical therapist assistants ranks 232 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $66,770, take-home of $52,786 is worth roughly $53,635 in national money. The average comes to $67,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For physical therapist assistants the Minnesota median is $66,770, ranking 20 of 51 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.
- Position 232 of 490 in Minnesota places physical therapist assistants 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for physical therapist assistants, whose median is $66,770, the adjusted figure of $53,635 differs little from $52,786 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $67,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,420 |
| This salary | $66,770 |
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 | $52,786 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,803 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,790 |
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 | $62,982 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,617 |
| 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 assistants in Minnesota earn under $66,770 and half over. The published range runs $58,010 at the tenth percentile to $77,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $52,786, worked from $66,770. 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 232 of 490.
- Two cautions on $53,635, the adjusted value of that $66,770 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 232 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist assistants in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,010 to $77,420; 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.
- The Minnesota take-home of $52,786, on $66,770 for work ranking 232 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 232 of 490 in the state.
- This $53,635 adjusted figure, worked from $66,770, 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 232 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 232 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $58,010 at the tenth percentile, $77,420 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,635 in national terms.
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 $52,786 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($58,010 to $77,420) 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 $53,635 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 $52,786 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.