Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,556
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$17,294
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,498
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
$75,850
Kept after tax
$58,556
Worth in national money
$59,498
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Minnesota pays this job around $75,850 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 197 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 $75,850, tax leaves $58,556, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $59,498 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $77,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- For stationary engineers and boiler operators the Minnesota median is $75,850, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Stationary engineers and boiler operators ranks 197 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 stationary engineers and boiler operators — median $75,850 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $58,556 retained, $59,498 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $77,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,610 |
| This salary | $75,850 |
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 | $58,556 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,501 |
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 | $70,684 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,217 |
| 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 $75,850. The published range is $61,620 up to $98,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,556 take-home in Minnesota comes from $75,850. 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 197 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,498, the adjusted value of that $75,850 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 197 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for stationary engineers and boiler operators in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,620 to $98,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,556, from $75,850, 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 197 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $59,498 — the adjusted value of that $75,850 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 197 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $61,620 and the top tenth $98,610, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $59,498 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 $58,556.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,620 to $98,610) 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 $59,498 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 $58,556 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.