Social and Community Service Managers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,875
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$20,345
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,903
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
$84,220
Kept after tax
$63,875
Worth in national money
$64,903
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays this job a middle wage of $84,220, ranking 14 of 51 states and sitting about 4.76% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations Minnesota reports, this job comes in at 122 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $84,220 the take-home is $63,875, which is worth about $64,903 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $94,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for social and community service managers is $84,220, about 4.76% above the national figure and 14 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Social and community service managers ranks 122 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 social and community service managers on its $84,220 median: $63,875 retained after tax becomes $64,903 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $94,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,140 |
| This salary | $84,220 |
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 | $63,875 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,079 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,155 |
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 | $78,245 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,121 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,220 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,130 and the ninetieth is $136,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $63,875 take-home in Minnesota comes from $84,220. 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 122 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,903, the adjusted value of that $84,220 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 122 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $84,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,130 to $136,140. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $63,875, from $84,220, 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 122 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $64,903 — the adjusted value of that $84,220 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 122 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 $94,520, 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 $61,130 at the bottom tenth to $136,140 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $64,903 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 $63,875.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $94,520. 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 ($61,130) and the ninetieth ($136,140) 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 $64,903 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 $63,875 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.