Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,929
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,561
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,716
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
$61,490
Kept after tax
$48,929
Worth in national money
$49,716
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $61,490, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 3.08% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 268.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $61,490, tax leaves $48,929, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $49,716 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $64,400, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota's median for production, planning, and expediting clerks is $61,490, about 3.08% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, production, planning, and expediting clerks sits at 268 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for production, planning, and expediting clerks — median $61,490 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $48,929 retained, $49,716 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $64,400 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,050 |
| This salary | $61,490 |
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 | $48,929 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,587 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,371 |
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 | $58,182 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,076 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $61,490. The published range is $46,630 up to $85,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $48,929, from $61,490, 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 268 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,716, the adjusted value of that $61,490 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 268 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,630 to $85,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,929 from $61,490. 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 268 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $49,716 — the adjusted value of that $61,490 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 268 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 $64,400 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,630 and the top tenth $85,050, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,716 in national terms.
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, $48,929 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $64,400. 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 ($46,630 to $85,050) 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 $49,716 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 $48,929 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.