Tire Repairers and Changers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,811
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$7,939
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,387
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
$43,750
Kept after tax
$35,811
Worth in national money
$36,387
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tire repairers and changers is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $43,750, putting the state 11 of 50 — about 16.02% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, tire repairers and changers lands at 425. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $43,750, tax leaves $35,811, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $36,387 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $44,340, since top earners drag the number up.
- For tire repairers and changers, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $43,750, ranking 11 of 50 and running about 16.02% 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.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 425 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for tire repairers and changers — median $43,750 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $35,811 retained, $36,387 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $44,340 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,480 |
| This salary | $43,750 |
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 | $35,811 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,333 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,031 |
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 | $41,856 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,457 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,750 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,560 and the ninetieth is $62,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $35,811, worked from $43,750. 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 425 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,387, the adjusted value of that $43,750 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 425 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $43,750 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,560 to $62,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $35,811, on $43,750 for work ranking 425 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 425 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $36,387 — the adjusted value of that $43,750 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 425 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,560 and the top tenth $62,480, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,387 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 $35,811.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,560 to $62,480) 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 $36,387 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 $35,811 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.