Administrative Services Managers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,141
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$28,309
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,084
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$108,450
Kept after tax
$80,141
Worth in national money
$86,084
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $108,450, ranking 27 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 39 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $108,450 the take-home is $80,141; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $86,084 would nationally. The average comes to $119,580, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for administrative services managers: a median of $108,450, ranking 27 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Wisconsin, administrative services managers ranks 39 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for administrative services managers in Wisconsin, on $108,450, is $80,141 — equivalent to $86,084 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $119,580 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $179,420 |
| This salary | $108,450 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Wisconsin | $80,141 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,125 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,516 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $101,366 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,094 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $108,450 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $72,500 and the ninetieth is $179,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $80,141, worked from $108,450. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 39 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $86,084, the adjusted value of that $108,450 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 39 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $108,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $72,500 to $179,420. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $80,141, on $108,450 for work ranking 39 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 39 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $86,084 — the adjusted value of that $108,450 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 39 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $119,580 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $72,500 and the top tenth $179,420 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wisconsin sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $86,084 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Wisconsin adds its own income tax on top — which is why $80,141 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Wisconsin is $119,580. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($72,500) and the ninetieth ($179,420) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wisconsin's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $86,084 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $80,141 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.