Minnesota · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 8,660 substitute teachers, short-term working in Minnesota. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Minnesota
$50,390A year, or $24.22 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $37,750 | $18.15 |
| 25th percentile | $41,770 | $20.08 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $50,390 | $24.22 |
| 75th percentile | $61,340 | $29.49 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $75,890 | $36.49 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $53,890 | $25.91 |
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A $50,390 salary in Minnesota, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Minnesota sit at 98.6 against a national average of 100, so $50,390 earned here buys what $51,095 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Minnesota is $50,390 a year, or $24.22 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $50,390, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $40,765 a year, or roughly $3,397 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 19.1%.
Minnesota takes $1,903 of it in state income tax.
Yes. The median in Minnesota is 20.9% above the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Minnesota sit at 98.6 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.57 times the median household income of $89,062. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Minnesota run at 98.6 against a national average of 100, with rents at 91.3, so $50,390 here buys about what $51,095 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $75,890 a year or more, against $37,750 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Minnesota someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 8,660 of these jobs in Minnesota for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 13% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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