Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,642
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,098
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,408
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
$59,740
Kept after tax
$47,642
Worth in national money
$48,408
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $59,740, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 2.17% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 284.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $59,740, take-home of $47,642 is worth roughly $48,408 in national money. The average comes to $61,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,740, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 2.17% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators sits at 284 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators, whose median is $59,740, the adjusted figure of $48,408 differs little from $47,642 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $61,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,280 |
| This salary | $59,740 |
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 | $47,642 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,181 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,231 |
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 | $56,580 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,908 |
| 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 postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Minnesota earn under $59,740 and half over. The published range runs $48,880 at the tenth percentile to $75,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $47,642, from $59,740, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 284 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $48,408, the adjusted value of that $59,740 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 284 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,880 to $75,280; 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.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,642 from $59,740. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 284 of 490 locally.
- This $48,408 adjusted figure, worked from $59,740, 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 284 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 284 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,880 at the tenth percentile, $75,280 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,408 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $47,642.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,880 to $75,280) 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 $48,408 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 $47,642 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.