Transportation Security Screeners in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,116
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$14,174
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,971
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
$67,290
Kept after tax
$53,116
Worth in national money
$53,971
State rank
16
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Minnesota is 16 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $67,290. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Minnesota, this sits in the middle: 229 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $67,290, take-home of $53,116 is worth roughly $53,971 in national money. The average lands at $65,660, below the middle of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 16 of 45 for transportation security screeners at $67,290. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Transportation security screeners ranks 229 of 490 occupations in Minnesota by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for transportation security screeners, whose median is $67,290, the adjusted figure of $53,971 differs little from $53,116 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $65,660 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,670 |
| This salary | $67,290 |
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 | $53,116 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,169 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,831 |
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 | $63,393 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,731 |
| 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 transportation security screeners in Minnesota earn under $67,290 and half over. The published range runs $52,250 at the tenth percentile to $77,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,116 take-home in Minnesota comes from $67,290. 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 229 of 490.
- Two cautions on $53,971, the adjusted value of that $67,290 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 229 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation security screeners in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,250 to $77,670; 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 $53,116, from $67,290, 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 229 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 45 for it.
- This $53,971 adjusted figure, worked from $67,290, 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 229 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 229 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $52,250 and the top tenth $77,670, 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 $53,971.
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 $53,116 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 ($52,250 to $77,670) 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 $53,971 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 $53,116 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.