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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School salary in Rochester, MN

The median special education teachers, secondary school in Rochester, MN earns $74,020 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,656 a month.

10th percentile
$48,420
25th percentile
$61,000
Median percentile
$74,020
75th percentile
$79,180
90th percentile
$102,960

Based on 260 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

$55,870 take-home a year
Gross pay$74,020
Federal income tax−$7,454
Social Security + Medicare−$5,663
Minnesota income tax (approx.)−$5,033
Monthly take-home$4,656
Every two weeks$2,149

Does it go far here?

$81,501Median pay in Rochester, MN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.8 vs 100).
27%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,276 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Rochester, MN

JobMedian pay
General Internal Medicine Physicians$239,200
Software Developers$134,450
Medical and Health Services Managers$131,110
Nurse Practitioners$126,270
Management Analysts$108,560
Registered Nurses$101,660
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$99,530
General and Operations Managers$85,650

All special education teachers, secondary school salaries · Take-home pay in Minnesota