Social Workers, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,060
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$18,730
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,042
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
$79,790
Kept after tax
$61,060
Worth in national money
$62,042
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota sits in the middle of the pack for social workers, all other. The median is $79,790, ranking 24 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 155 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $79,790, tax leaves $61,060, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $62,042 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $79,420.
- Minnesota occupies the middle band for social workers, all other: a median of $79,790, ranking 24 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Social workers, all other ranks 155 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.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for social workers, all other — median $79,790 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $61,060 retained, $62,042 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $79,420 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Social Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,210 |
| This salary | $79,790 |
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 | $61,060 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,962 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,809 |
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 | $74,243 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,642 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of social workers, all other in Minnesota earn under $79,790 and half over. The published range runs $55,500 at the tenth percentile to $101,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,060 take-home in Minnesota comes from $79,790. 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 155 of 490.
- Two cautions on $62,042, the adjusted value of that $79,790 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 155 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for social workers, all other in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,500 to $101,210; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $61,060, from $79,790, 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 155 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- This $62,042 adjusted figure, worked from $79,790, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 155 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 155 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $55,500 at the bottom tenth to $101,210 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $62,042 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, $61,060 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($55,500 to $101,210) 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 $62,042 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 $61,060 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.