Carpet Installers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,900
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$11,930
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,526
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
$60,830
Kept after tax
$48,900
Worth in national money
$52,526
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for carpet installers. The middle earner takes $60,830, which ranks 8 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 20.84% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Carpet installers ranks 243 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,830 the take-home is $48,900; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,526 would nationally. The average lands at $59,640, below the middle of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 8 of 45 states publishing a median for carpet installers, at $60,830 — about 20.84% 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.
- Position 243 of 491 in Wisconsin places carpet installers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for carpet installers in Wisconsin, on $60,830, is $48,900 — equivalent to $52,526 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 $59,640 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,430 |
| This salary | $60,830 |
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 | $48,900 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,057 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15 |
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 | $58,146 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18 |
| 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 $60,830. The published range is $37,860 up to $80,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,900 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $60,830. 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 243 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,526, the adjusted value of that $60,830 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 243 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for carpet installers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,860 to $80,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,900, from $60,830, 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 243 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $52,526 — the adjusted value of that $60,830 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 243 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,860 and the top tenth $80,430, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wisconsin is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $52,526 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Wisconsin then takes its own share, leaving $48,900.
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 ($37,860 to $80,430) 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 $52,526 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 $48,900 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.