Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,831
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,959
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,784
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
$48,790
Kept after tax
$39,831
Worth in national money
$42,784
State rank
16
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,790, ranking 16 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Wisconsin reports figures for, this is number 331.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,790 you keep $39,831, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,784 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $48,500, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for automotive glass installers and repairers: a median of $48,790, ranking 16 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Wisconsin's occupational distribution, automotive glass installers and repairers sits at 331 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for automotive glass installers and repairers on $48,790 is $39,831. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,784 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 $48,500 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,450 |
| This salary | $48,790 |
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 | $39,831 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,383 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$199 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $46,859 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$240 |
| 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 $48,790. The published range is $34,000 up to $63,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,831 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $48,790. 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 331 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,784 uses one figure for the whole of Wisconsin. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 331.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive glass installers and repairers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,000 to $63,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,831, from $48,790, 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 331 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,784, worked from $48,790, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wisconsin address, on work sitting at 331 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,000 at the tenth percentile, $63,450 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,784 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $39,831 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,000 to $63,450) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
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 $42,784 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 $39,831 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.