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Air Traffic Controllers salary in Minnesota

The median air traffic controllers in Minnesota earns $176,840 a year, 19% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $10,009 a month.

10th percentile
$88,940
25th percentile
$120,940
Median percentile
$176,840
75th percentile
$200,510
90th percentile
$218,190

Based on 680 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$120,111 take-home a year
Gross pay$176,840
Federal income tax−$31,176
Social Security + Medicare−$13,528
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$12,025
Monthly take-home$10,009
Every two weeks$4,620

Does it go far here?

$179,313Median pay in Minnesota is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
13%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,280 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Minnesota

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$568,150
Anesthesiologists$496,510
Emergency Medicine Physicians$390,940
General Internal Medicine Physicians$373,700
Physicians, All Other$367,320
Physicians, Pathologists$362,270
Psychiatrists$336,410
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$321,910

All air traffic controllers salaries · Take-home pay in Minnesota