Print Binding and Finishing Workers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,291
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,099
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,923
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
$48,390
Kept after tax
$39,291
Worth in national money
$39,923
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for print binding and finishing workers. The middle earner takes $48,390, which ranks 7 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 14.42% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Minnesota, this one sits low: 374 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $48,390 the take-home is $39,291, which is worth about $39,923 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $50,310, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota ranks 7 of 50 states publishing a median for print binding and finishing workers, at $48,390 — about 14.42% 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.
- Print binding and finishing workers occupies position 374 of 490 in Minnesota's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for print binding and finishing workers on its $48,390 median: $39,291 retained after tax becomes $39,923 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $50,310 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Print Binding and Finishing Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,730 |
| This salary | $48,390 |
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 | $39,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,061 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,332 |
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 | $46,187 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,820 |
| 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 print binding and finishing workers in Minnesota earn under $48,390 and half over. The published range runs $38,000 at the tenth percentile to $61,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,291 take-home in Minnesota comes from $48,390. 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 374 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,923 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 374.
- Figures are distribution medians for print binding and finishing workers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,000 to $61,730; 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 $39,291, from $48,390, 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 374 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,923, worked from $48,390, 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 374 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $50,310, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,000 at the tenth percentile, $61,730 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 $39,923 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $39,291 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $50,310. 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 ($38,000 to $61,730) 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 $39,923 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 $39,291 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.