Real Estate Sales Agents in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,806
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,604
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,414
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
$46,410
Kept after tax
$37,806
Worth in national money
$38,414
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is among the lower-paying states for real estate sales agents. The middle earner takes $46,410, ranking 38 of 48 states — about 12.15% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Minnesota, this one sits low: 401 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,410, tax leaves $37,806, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,414 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $61,420, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 38 of 48 for real estate sales agents, with a median of $46,410 — about 12.15% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Real estate sales agents occupies position 401 of 490 in Minnesota's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for real estate sales agents — median $46,410 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,806 retained, $38,414 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $61,420 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,040 |
| This salary | $46,410 |
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 | $37,806 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,204 |
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 | $44,339 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,665 |
| 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 $46,410. The published range is $36,150 up to $108,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,806 take-home in Minnesota comes from $46,410. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 401 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,414 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 401.
- Reported values are medians; for real estate sales agents in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,150 to $108,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,806, from $46,410, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 401 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,414, worked from $46,410, 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 401 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 $61,420, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,150, the highest tenth $108,040, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $38,414.
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, $37,806 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $61,420. 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 ($36,150) and the ninetieth ($108,040) 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 $38,414 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 $37,806 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.