Tellers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,141
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,049
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,722
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
$44,190
Kept after tax
$36,141
Worth in national money
$36,722
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Minnesota is 20 of 51 states for tellers, with a middle wage of $44,190. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, tellers ranks 422. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $44,190, take-home of $36,141 is worth roughly $36,722 in national money. The average lands at $42,660, below the middle of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 20 of 51 for tellers at $44,190. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, tellers ranks 422 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for tellers, whose median is $44,190, the adjusted figure of $36,722 differs little from $36,141 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $42,660 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,510 |
| This salary | $44,190 |
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 | $36,141 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,687 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,060 |
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 | $42,266 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,491 |
| 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 tellers in Minnesota earn under $44,190 and half over. The published range runs $35,410 at the tenth percentile to $47,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,141 take-home in Minnesota comes from $44,190. 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 422 of 490.
- Two cautions on $36,722, the adjusted value of that $44,190 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 422 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tellers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,410 to $47,510; 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 $36,141, from $44,190, 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 422 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- This $36,722 adjusted figure, worked from $44,190, 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 422 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 422 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $42,660, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,410 at the bottom tenth to $47,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,722.
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 $36,141.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $42,660. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,410 to $47,510) 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 $36,722 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 $36,141 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.