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Minnesota Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Minnesota-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Minnesota is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Minnesota Salaries

How Minnesota salaries compare to the national market

Minnesota trade wages run about 4% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 1.04 Minnesota wage index to national medians. The Twin Cities union market is the engine, Minneapolis-St. Paul building trades run about 7% above the state figure on hospital, corporate-campus and stadium work, and Rochester's decades-long Mayo Clinic expansion keeps southeast Minnesota busy. The trade-off is one of the higher tax schedules in the country: progressive brackets from 5.35% to 9.85%, with no local wage taxes on top.

Minnesota: minnesota salary calculator — Minnesota wage index 1.04× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~4% above, State income tax Progressive 5.35%-9.85%. Simplified outline of Minnesota, stylised and not to scale.
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Minnesota trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Minnesota-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1.04 Minnesota wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeMinnesota median / yrNational medianMinnesota / hr
Electrician$65,720$63,190$31.60
Plumber$66,350$63,800$31.90
HVAC Technician$63,450$61,010$30.50
Pipefitter$66,350$63,800$31.90
Ironworker$65,290$62,780$31.39
Carpenter$63,000$60,580$30.29

Trade pay by Minnesota metro

Local BLS medians vs the Minnesota state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Minneapolis-St. Paul$70,3201.07× state
Rochester$64,4100.98× state
Duluth$61,1200.93× state
St. Cloud$60,4600.92× state
How heavy is Minnesota's income tax on trade pay?

Noticeably heavier than its neighbors. Minnesota's bottom bracket is 5.35%, higher than many states' top rates, and a journeyman salary typically pays a 6.8% marginal rate. Against that, union density keeps Minnesota gross wages about 4% above the national median, and no Minnesota city withholds a local wage tax, so the schedule is the whole story.

What is driving trade work in Minnesota?

Healthcare above all. Mayo Clinic's $5 billion 'Bold. Forward.' expansion in Rochester is one of the largest healthcare builds in U.S. history, and Twin Cities systems keep hospital work constant. Add corporate campuses, data centers in the metro's west suburbs, and iron-range industrial maintenance around Duluth, and union halls dispatch steadily year-round.

How accurate is the Minnesota benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Minnesota wage index (1.04×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Twin Cities union scale runs well above the state figure while greater-Minnesota rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Minnesota salary guide.

What is the median trade salary in Minnesota?

It varies by role: the Minnesota electrician median is about $65,720, plumbers $66,350, HVAC technicians $63,450, and pipefitters $66,350 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Minnesota-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Minnesota wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1.04 Minnesota factor to localise them, reflecting that Minnesota gross pay runs about 4% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Minnesota metros pay trades the most?

Minneapolis-St. Paul leads at about 7% above the state median on hospital, corporate and public work with high union density. Rochester tracks just under parity but has exceptional volume from the Mayo expansion, while Duluth (port and industrial) and St. Cloud run 7-8% below the state figure.

Do Minnesota trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Minnesota's state threshold is 48 hours, but FLSA-covered construction employers owe 1.5x after 40 hours a week, which governs most trade work. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1.04 Minnesota wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Minnesota Department of Revenue · Minnesota DEED Labor Market Information. Reviewed 2026-07-21 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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