Rehabilitation Counselors in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,006
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,004
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,633
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
$48,010
Kept after tax
$39,006
Worth in national money
$39,633
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota sits in the middle of the pack for rehabilitation counselors. The median is $48,010, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Minnesota, this one sits low: 381 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $48,010, tax leaves $39,006, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,633 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $55,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota occupies the middle band for rehabilitation counselors: a median of $48,010, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Rehabilitation counselors occupies position 381 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 rehabilitation counselors — median $48,010 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,006 retained, $39,633 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,840 |
| This salary | $48,010 |
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 | $39,006 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,756 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,307 |
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 | $45,832 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,791 |
| 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 $48,010. The published range is $37,660 up to $81,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $39,006, from $48,010, 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 381 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,633, the adjusted value of that $48,010 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 381 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for rehabilitation counselors in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,660 to $81,840. 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 $39,006 from $48,010. 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 381 of 490 locally.
- This $39,633 adjusted figure, worked from $48,010, 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 381 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 381 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 $55,350, 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 $37,660, the highest tenth $81,840, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $39,633 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Minnesota then takes its own share, leaving $39,006.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $55,350. 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 ($37,660) and the ninetieth ($81,840) 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 $39,633 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 $39,006 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.