Travel Agents in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,444
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$8,816
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,062
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
$47,260
Kept after tax
$38,444
Worth in national money
$39,062
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Minnesota pays travel agents a middle wage of $47,260, 34 of 49 states and about 5.78% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Minnesota this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, travel agents ranks 389. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $47,260 the take-home is $38,444, which is worth about $39,062 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $52,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's $47,260 median for travel agents places it 34 of 49 states, about 5.78% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Minnesota reports, travel agents ranks 389 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for travel agents on its $47,260 median: $38,444 retained after tax becomes $39,062 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $52,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,100 |
| This salary | $47,260 |
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 | $38,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,153 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,259 |
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 | $45,132 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,732 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $47,260. The published range is $30,860 up to $81,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $38,444, from $47,260, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 389 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,062 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 389.
- Reported values are medians; for travel agents in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,860 to $81,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,444 from $47,260. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 389 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,062, worked from $47,260, 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 389 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 $52,330, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,860 at the bottom tenth to $81,100 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Minnesota is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $39,062 in national terms.
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 $38,444 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 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $52,330. 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 ($30,860) and the ninetieth ($81,100) 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 $39,062 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 $38,444 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.