Project Management Specialists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,543
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$25,317
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,710
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
$97,860
Kept after tax
$72,543
Worth in national money
$73,710
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Minnesota is 28 of 51 states for project management specialists, with a middle wage of $97,860. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Minnesota this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, project management specialists ranks 86 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $97,860 the take-home is $72,543, which is worth about $73,710 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $101,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota ranks 28 of 51 for project management specialists at $97,860. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Minnesota publishes a median for, project management specialists sits 86 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for project management specialists on its $97,860 median: $72,543 retained after tax becomes $73,710 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $101,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,490 |
| This salary | $97,860 |
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 | $72,543 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,222 |
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 | $90,566 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,595 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,860 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,040 and the ninetieth is $141,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $72,543, from $97,860, 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 86 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 $73,710, the adjusted value of that $97,860 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 86 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $97,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,040 to $141,490. 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 $72,543 from $97,860. 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 86 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $73,710 — the adjusted value of that $97,860 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 86 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $101,580, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $65,040 and the top tenth $141,490 — 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 $73,710.
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, $72,543 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.
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 $101,580. 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 ($65,040) and the ninetieth ($141,490) 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 $73,710 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 $72,543 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.