Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,457
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,873
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,123
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
$51,330
Kept after tax
$41,457
Worth in national money
$42,123
State rank
3
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $51,330, putting the state 3 of 46 — about 20.01% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 341 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,330, tax leaves $41,457, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,123 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $51,610, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,330, ranking 3 of 46 and running about 20.01% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 341 of 490 in Minnesota places sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood — median $51,330 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,457 retained, $42,123 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $51,610 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,200 |
| This salary | $51,330 |
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 | $41,457 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,424 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,563 |
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 | $48,882 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,099 |
| 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 $51,330. The published range is $38,830 up to $61,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,457 take-home in Minnesota comes from $51,330. 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 341 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,123 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 341.
- Reported values are medians; for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,830 to $61,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,457, from $51,330, 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 341 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,123, worked from $51,330, 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 341 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,830 and the top tenth $61,200, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,123 in national terms.
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 $41,457.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,830 to $61,200) 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 $42,123 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 $41,457 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.