Registered Nurses in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,863
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$26,647
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,067
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
$101,510
Kept after tax
$74,863
Worth in national money
$76,067
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays registered nurses a middle wage of $101,510, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 4.06% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 72 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $101,510, tax leaves $74,863, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $76,067 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $103,420, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota's median for registered nurses is $101,510, about 4.06% above the national figure and 12 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.
- Within Minnesota, registered nurses ranks 72 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for registered nurses — median $101,510 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $74,863 retained, $76,067 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $103,420 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Registered Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,430 |
| This salary | $101,510 |
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 | $74,863 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,508 |
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 | $93,864 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,989 |
| 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 $101,510. The published range is $79,960 up to $132,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $74,863, from $101,510, 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 72 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $76,067, the adjusted value of that $101,510 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 72 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for registered nurses in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,960 to $132,430. 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 $74,863 from $101,510. 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 72 of 490 locally.
- This $76,067 adjusted figure, worked from $101,510, 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 72 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 72 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $79,960 at the tenth percentile, $132,430 at the ninetieth.
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 $76,067.
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, $74,863 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,960 to $132,430) 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 $76,067 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 $74,863 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.