Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,913
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$20,367
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,941
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
$84,280
Kept after tax
$63,913
Worth in national money
$64,941
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $84,280, which ranks 6 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 8.55% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations Minnesota reports, this job comes in at 121 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $84,280, tax leaves $63,913, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $64,941 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $82,730.
- Minnesota ranks 6 of 48 states publishing a median for postsecondary teachers, all other, at $84,280 — about 8.55% 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.
- Postsecondary teachers, all other ranks 121 of 490 occupations by median in Minnesota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for postsecondary teachers, all other — median $84,280 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $63,913 retained, $64,941 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $82,730 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,770 |
| This salary | $84,280 |
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 | $63,913 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,121 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,160 |
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 | $78,299 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,128 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,280 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,990 and the ninetieth is $106,770 — 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 $63,913, worked from $84,280. 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 121 of 490.
- Two cautions on $64,941, the adjusted value of that $84,280 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 121 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $84,280 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,990 to $106,770. 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 $63,913, on $84,280 for work ranking 121 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 121 of 490 in the state.
- This $64,941 adjusted figure, worked from $84,280, 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 121 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 121 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,990 at the tenth percentile, $106,770 at the ninetieth.
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 $64,941.
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, $63,913 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,990 to $106,770) 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 $64,941 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 $63,913 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.