Producers and Directors in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,880
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$17,480
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,827
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
$76,360
Kept after tax
$58,880
Worth in national money
$59,827
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for producers and directors. The middle earner takes $76,360, which ranks 16 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 15.49% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Producers and directors ranks 190 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $76,360, take-home of $58,880 is worth roughly $59,827 in national money. The average comes to $81,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 16 of 50 states publishing a median for producers and directors, at $76,360 — about 15.49% 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.
- Position 190 of 490 in Minnesota places producers and directors 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 producers and directors, whose median is $76,360, the adjusted figure of $59,827 differs little from $58,880 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $81,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Producers and Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,750 |
| This salary | $76,360 |
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 | $58,880 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,549 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,540 |
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 | $71,145 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,272 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,360 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,800 and the ninetieth is $130,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $58,880, from $76,360, 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 190 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $59,827, the adjusted value of that $76,360 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 190 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $76,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,800 to $130,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,880 from $76,360. 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 190 of 490 locally.
- This $59,827 adjusted figure, worked from $76,360, 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 190 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 190 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $81,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $39,800 and the top tenth $130,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $59,827.
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 $58,880 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $81,760. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,800) and the ninetieth ($130,750) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $59,827 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 $58,880 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.