Sheet Metal Workers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,726
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$16,244
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,638
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
$72,970
Kept after tax
$56,726
Worth in national money
$57,638
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays sheet metal workers a middle wage of $72,970, ranking 13 of 50 states and sitting about 18.07% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 213 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 $72,970 the take-home is $56,726, which is worth about $57,638 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $78,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for sheet metal workers is $72,970, about 18.07% above the national figure and 13 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.
- Sheet metal workers ranks 213 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 sheet metal workers on its $72,970 median: $56,726 retained after tax becomes $57,638 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $78,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,990 |
| This salary | $72,970 |
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 | $56,726 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,164 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,275 |
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 | $68,082 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,905 |
| 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 $72,970. The published range is $47,520 up to $116,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $56,726, from $72,970, 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 213 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,638 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 213.
- Reported values are medians; for sheet metal workers in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,520 to $116,990. 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 $56,726 from $72,970. 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 213 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,638, worked from $72,970, 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 213 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 $78,420, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,520, the highest tenth $116,990, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $57,638.
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 $56,726.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $78,420. 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 ($47,520) and the ninetieth ($116,990) 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 $57,638 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 $56,726 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.