Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,866
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$16,324
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,780
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
$73,190
Kept after tax
$56,866
Worth in national money
$57,780
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for surveying and mapping technicians is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $73,190, putting the state 3 of 50 — about 34.94% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 211.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $73,190, tax leaves $56,866, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $57,780 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $72,840.
- For surveying and mapping technicians, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $73,190, ranking 3 of 50 and running about 34.94% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, surveying and mapping technicians sits at 211 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for surveying and mapping technicians — median $73,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $56,866 retained, $57,780 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $72,840 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,050 |
| This salary | $73,190 |
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 | $56,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,319 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,292 |
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 | $68,281 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,929 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,190 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,560 and the ninetieth is $95,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $56,866 take-home in Minnesota comes from $73,190. 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 211 of 490.
- Two cautions on $57,780, the adjusted value of that $73,190 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 211 of 490 locally.
- The Minnesota median of $73,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,560 to $95,050. 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 $56,866, from $73,190, 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 211 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 50 for it.
- This $57,780 adjusted figure, worked from $73,190, 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 211 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 211 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $51,560 and the top tenth $95,050, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $57,780.
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, $56,866 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,560 to $95,050) 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 $57,780 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 $56,866 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.