Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,611
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,929
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,280
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
$51,540
Kept after tax
$41,611
Worth in national money
$42,280
State rank
2
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $51,540, putting the state 2 of 47 — about 18.81% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 338.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,540, tax leaves $41,611, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,280 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $52,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- For woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,540, ranking 2 of 47 and running about 18.81% 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.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing sits at 338 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing — median $51,540 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,611 retained, $42,280 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $52,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,120 |
| This salary | $51,540 |
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 | $41,611 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,592 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,579 |
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 | $49,074 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,119 |
| 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 $51,540. The published range is $45,780 up to $60,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $41,611, from $51,540, 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 338 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,280, the adjusted value of that $51,540 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 338 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,780 to $60,120. 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 $41,611 from $51,540. 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 338 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $42,280 — the adjusted value of that $51,540 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 338 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,780 and the top tenth $60,120, 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 $42,280 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 $41,611 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($45,780 to $60,120) 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 $42,280 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 $41,611 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.