Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,767
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,423
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,503
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
$57,190
Kept after tax
$45,767
Worth in national money
$46,503
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,190, which ranks 12 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 10.81% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 310 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,190 the take-home is $45,767, which is worth about $46,503 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $56,400, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Minnesota ranks 12 of 50 states publishing a median for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders, at $57,190 — about 10.81% 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.
- Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 310 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders on its $57,190 median: $45,767 retained after tax becomes $46,503 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $56,400 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,270 |
| This salary | $57,190 |
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 | $45,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,132 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,029 |
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 | $54,246 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,663 |
| 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 $57,190. The published range is $40,210 up to $73,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $45,767, from $57,190, 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 310 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,503, the adjusted value of that $57,190 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 310 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,210 to $73,270. 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 $45,767 from $57,190. 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 310 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $46,503 — the adjusted value of that $57,190 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 310 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,210 and the top tenth $73,270, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,503 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, $45,767 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,210 to $73,270) 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 $46,503 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 $45,767 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.