Retail Salespersons in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,276
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$6,094
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,763
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
$36,370
Kept after tax
$30,276
Worth in national money
$30,763
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for retail salespersons. The middle earner takes $36,370, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.71% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, retail salespersons lands at 468. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $36,370, tax leaves $30,276, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $30,763 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $38,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for retail salespersons, at $36,370 — about 2.71% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 468 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for retail salespersons — median $36,370 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $30,276 retained, $30,763 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $38,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Retail Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,080 |
| This salary | $36,370 |
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 | $30,276 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,403 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,553 |
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 | $34,967 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,878 |
| 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 $36,370. The published range is $28,710 up to $48,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $30,276 take-home in Minnesota comes from $36,370. 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 468 of 490.
- Two cautions on $30,763, the adjusted value of that $36,370 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 468 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for retail salespersons in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,710 to $48,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $30,276, from $36,370, 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 468 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- This $30,763 adjusted figure, worked from $36,370, 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 468 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 468 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $38,380 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,710 at the bottom tenth to $48,080 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $30,763 in national terms.
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, $30,276 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.
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 $38,380. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,710 to $48,080) 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 $30,763 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 $30,276 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.