Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,856
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$6,954
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,385
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
$39,810
Kept after tax
$32,856
Worth in national money
$33,385
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $39,810, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 6.76% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs ranks 444. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $39,810 the take-home is $32,856, which is worth about $33,385 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $42,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $39,810, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 6.76% 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.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs ranks 444 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs on its $39,810 median: $32,856 retained after tax becomes $33,385 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $42,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,850 |
| This salary | $39,810 |
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 | $32,856 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,167 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,776 |
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 | $38,178 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,148 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,810 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,660 and the ninetieth is $56,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $32,856, worked from $39,810. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 444 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,385, the adjusted value of that $39,810 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 444 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $39,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,660 to $56,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $32,856, on $39,810 for work ranking 444 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 444 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $33,385 — the adjusted value of that $39,810 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 444 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 $42,140, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,660 at the bottom tenth to $56,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,385.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $32,856 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $42,140. 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 ($30,660 to $56,850) 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 $33,385 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 $32,856 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.