Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,812
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$12,518
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,597
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
$61,330
Kept after tax
$48,812
Worth in national money
$49,597
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Minnesota is 27 of 50 states for teachers and instructors, all other, with a middle wage of $61,330. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Teachers and instructors, all other ranks 270 among 490 occupations Minnesota publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $61,330, take-home of $48,812 is worth roughly $49,597 in national money. The average comes to $64,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 27 of 50 for teachers and instructors, all other at $61,330. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 270 of 490 in Minnesota places teachers and instructors, all other 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for teachers and instructors, all other, whose median is $61,330, the adjusted figure of $49,597 differs little from $48,812 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,870 |
| This salary | $61,330 |
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 | $48,812 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,358 |
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 | $58,036 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,061 |
| 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 teachers and instructors, all other in Minnesota earn under $61,330 and half over. The published range runs $44,340 at the tenth percentile to $97,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $48,812, worked from $61,330. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 270 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,597 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 270.
- Figures are distribution medians for teachers and instructors, all other in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,340 to $97,870; 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.
- The Minnesota take-home of $48,812, on $61,330 for work ranking 270 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 270 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,597, worked from $61,330, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 270 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 $64,490, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,340 and the top tenth $97,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $49,597 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $48,812 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $64,490. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,340) and the ninetieth ($97,870) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $49,597 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 $48,812 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.