Sales Managers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$105,859
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$45,811
30.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,562
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
$151,670
Kept after tax
$105,859
Worth in national money
$107,562
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays sales managers a middle wage of $151,670, ranking 14 of 50 states and sitting about 2.29% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations Minnesota reports, sales managers comes in at 17 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $151,670 the take-home is $105,859, which is worth about $107,562 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $160,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for sales managers is $151,670, about 2.29% above the national figure and 14 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Sales managers ranks 17 of 490 occupations by median in Minnesota, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for sales managers on its $151,670 median: $105,859 retained after tax becomes $107,562 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $160,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $151,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $258,460 |
| This salary | $151,670 |
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 | $105,859 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,932 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,712 |
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 | $138,396 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,229 |
| 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 $151,670. The published range is $79,900 up to $258,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $105,859 take-home in Minnesota comes from $151,670. 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 17 of 490.
- Two cautions on $107,562, the adjusted value of that $151,670 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 17 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for sales managers in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,900 to $258,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $105,859, from $151,670, 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 17 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 50 for it.
- This $107,562 adjusted figure, worked from $151,670, 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 17 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 17 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $160,560, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $79,900 at the bottom tenth to $258,460 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $107,562 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $105,859 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $160,560. 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 ($79,900) and the ninetieth ($258,460) 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 $107,562 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 $105,859 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.