Social and Human Service Assistants in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,434
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,506
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,085
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
$49,940
Kept after tax
$40,434
Worth in national money
$41,085
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,940, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 8.73% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 354 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $49,940, tax leaves $40,434, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $41,085 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $52,370, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for social and human service assistants, at $49,940 — about 8.73% 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.
- Position 354 of 490 in Minnesota places social and human service assistants 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 social and human service assistants — median $49,940 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $40,434 retained, $41,085 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $52,370 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social and Human Service Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,560 |
| This salary | $49,940 |
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 | $40,434 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,307 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,452 |
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 | $47,610 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,966 |
| 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 $49,940. The published range is $38,490 up to $64,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $40,434 take-home in Minnesota comes from $49,940. 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 354 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,085, the adjusted value of that $49,940 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 354 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for social and human service assistants in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,490 to $64,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $40,434, from $49,940, 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 354 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $41,085 — the adjusted value of that $49,940 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 354 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 $52,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,490 at the tenth percentile, $64,560 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,085 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, $40,434 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $52,370. 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 ($38,490 to $64,560) 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 $41,085 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 $40,434 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.