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Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Minnesota

The median foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Minnesota earns $80,650 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,007 a month.

10th percentile
$59,820
25th percentile
$63,280
Median percentile
$80,650
75th percentile
$100,760
90th percentile
$133,440

Based on 410 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

$60,083 take-home a year
Gross pay$80,650
Federal income tax−$8,913
Social Security + Medicare−$6,170
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$5,484
Monthly take-home$5,007
Every two weeks$2,311

Does it go far here?

$81,778Median pay in Minnesota is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
26%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 foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Minnesota