Psychiatrists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$211,781
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$124,629
37.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$215,188
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
$336,410
Kept after tax
$211,781
Worth in national money
$215,188
State rank
4
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for psychiatrists is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $336,410, putting the state 4 of 46 — about 19.35% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Minnesota this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, psychiatrists ranks 2 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $336,410 the take-home is $211,781, which is worth about $215,188 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $333,320, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For psychiatrists, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $336,410, ranking 4 of 46 and running about 19.35% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Minnesota publishes a median for, psychiatrists sits 2 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 psychiatrists on its $336,410 median: $211,781 retained after tax becomes $215,188 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $333,320 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $90,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $336,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $446,520 |
| This salary | $336,410 |
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 | $211,781 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $237,988 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$29,718 |
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 | $294,580 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$46,096 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $336,410 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $90,470 and the ninetieth is $446,520 — 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 $211,781, worked from $336,410. 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 2 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $215,188 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 2.
- The Minnesota median of $336,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $90,470 to $446,520. 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 $211,781, on $336,410 for work ranking 2 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 2 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $215,188, worked from $336,410, 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 2 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $90,470 and the top tenth $446,520 — 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 $215,188.
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 $211,781 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 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($90,470) and the ninetieth ($446,520) 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 $215,188 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 $211,781 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.