Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,000
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,340
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,040
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
$50,340
Kept after tax
$41,000
Worth in national money
$44,040
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $50,340, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 314 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,340 you keep $41,000 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,040 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $51,720, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks: a median of $50,340, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ranks 314 of 491 occupations in Wisconsin by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $41,000 after the full tax stack, from $50,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,040 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,720 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,460 |
| This salary | $50,340 |
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 | $41,000 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,628 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$173 |
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 | $48,314 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$209 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Wisconsin earn under $50,340 and half over. The published range runs $36,350 at the tenth percentile to $65,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $41,000, from $50,340, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 314 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,040, the adjusted value of that $50,340 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 314 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,350 to $65,460; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,000 from $50,340. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 314 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $44,040 — the adjusted value of that $50,340 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 314 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,350 at the tenth percentile, $65,460 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 $44,040 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, $41,000 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,350 to $65,460) 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 $44,040 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 $41,000 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.