Structural Iron and Steel Workers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,929
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$24,391
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,070
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
$95,320
Kept after tax
$70,929
Worth in national money
$72,070
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for structural iron and steel workers. The middle earner takes $95,320, which ranks 8 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 51.83% above the national middle.
- Within Minnesota this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, structural iron and steel workers ranks 95 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $95,320 the take-home is $70,929, which is worth about $72,070 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $92,680, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Minnesota ranks 8 of 50 states publishing a median for structural iron and steel workers, at $95,320 — about 51.83% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Minnesota publishes a median for, structural iron and steel workers sits 95 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for structural iron and steel workers on its $95,320 median: $70,929 retained after tax becomes $72,070 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $92,680 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Structural Iron and Steel Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,010 |
| This salary | $95,320 |
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 | $70,929 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,888 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,024 |
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 | $88,272 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,321 |
| 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 structural iron and steel workers in Minnesota earn under $95,320 and half over. The published range runs $80,030 at the tenth percentile to $99,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $70,929 take-home in Minnesota comes from $95,320. 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 95 of 490.
- Two cautions on $72,070, the adjusted value of that $95,320 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 95 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for structural iron and steel workers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $80,030 to $99,010; 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 $70,929, from $95,320, 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 95 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 50 for it.
- This $72,070 adjusted figure, worked from $95,320, 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 95 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 95 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $80,030 at the bottom tenth to $99,010 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 $72,070 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $70,929.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,030 to $99,010) 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 $72,070 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 $70,929 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.