Postal Service Clerks in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,606
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,444
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,387
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
$61,050
Kept after tax
$48,606
Worth in national money
$49,387
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays postal service clerks around $61,050 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Postal service clerks ranks 276 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $61,050, tax leaves $48,606, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $49,387 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $60,940.
- For postal service clerks the Minnesota median is $61,050, ranking 30 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 276 of 490 in Minnesota places postal service clerks 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for postal service clerks — median $61,050 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $48,606 retained, $49,387 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $60,940 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Postal Service Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,030 |
| This salary | $61,050 |
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 | $48,606 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,234 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,336 |
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 | $57,779 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,034 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,050 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,600 and the ninetieth is $75,030 — 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 $48,606, worked from $61,050. 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 276 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,387 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 276.
- The Minnesota median of $61,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,600 to $75,030. 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 $48,606, on $61,050 for work ranking 276 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 276 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,387, worked from $61,050, 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 276 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,600 at the tenth percentile, $75,030 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 $49,387 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 $48,606 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 ($42,600 to $75,030) 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 $49,387 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 $48,606 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.