Audiologists in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,528
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$26,312
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,202
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
$102,840
Kept after tax
$76,528
Worth in national money
$82,202
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for audiologists. The middle earner takes $102,840, which ranks 13 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.37% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 45 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $102,840 you keep $76,528, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,202 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $102,220, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Wisconsin ranks 13 of 49 states publishing a median for audiologists, at $102,840 — about 7.37% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Wisconsin, audiologists ranks 45 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for audiologists on $102,840 is $76,528. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,202 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $102,220 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,390 |
| This salary | $102,840 |
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 | $76,528 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,178 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,336 |
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 | $96,230 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,845 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wisconsin earn less than $102,840. The published range is $53,250 up to $134,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $76,528 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $102,840. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 45 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,202, the adjusted value of that $102,840 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 45 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for audiologists in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,250 to $134,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $76,528, from $102,840, assumes a single Wisconsin filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 45 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $82,202 — the adjusted value of that $102,840 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 45 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,250, the highest tenth $134,390, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $82,202.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Wisconsin's own levy, $76,528 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($53,250) and the ninetieth ($134,390) 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 $82,202 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 $76,528 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.