Production Workers, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,264
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,756
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,879
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
$47,020
Kept after tax
$38,264
Worth in national money
$38,879
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for production workers, all other. The middle earner takes $47,020, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 17.23% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, production workers, all other lands at 391. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $47,020, take-home of $38,264 is worth roughly $38,879 in national money. The average comes to $47,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for production workers, all other, at $47,020 — about 17.23% 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.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 391 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for production workers, all other, whose median is $47,020, the adjusted figure of $38,879 differs little from $38,264 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,270 |
| This salary | $47,020 |
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 | $38,264 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,961 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,243 |
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 | $44,908 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,713 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,020 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,050 and the ninetieth is $60,270 — 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 $38,264, worked from $47,020. 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 391 of 490.
- Two cautions on $38,879, the adjusted value of that $47,020 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 391 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $47,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,050 to $60,270. 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 $38,264, on $47,020 for work ranking 391 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 391 of 490 in the state.
- This $38,879 adjusted figure, worked from $47,020, 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 391 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 391 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,050 at the bottom tenth to $60,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,879 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, $38,264 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,050 to $60,270) 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 $38,879 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 $38,264 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.