Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,445
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,805
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,260
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
$64,250
Kept after tax
$51,445
Worth in national money
$55,260
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wisconsin's middle earner gets $64,250, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 12.68% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 201 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,250 the take-home is $51,445; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,260 would nationally. The average comes to $68,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For cement masons and concrete finishers, Wisconsin sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,250, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 12.68% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Cement masons and concrete finishers ranks 201 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.
- Post-tax income for cement masons and concrete finishers in Wisconsin, on $64,250, is $51,445 — equivalent to $55,260 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 $68,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,910 |
| This salary | $64,250 |
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 | $51,445 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,805 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$109 |
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 | $61,313 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$132 |
| 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 cement masons and concrete finishers in Wisconsin earn under $64,250 and half over. The published range runs $48,410 at the tenth percentile to $93,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $51,445, from $64,250, 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 201 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $55,260, the adjusted value of that $64,250 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wisconsin. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 201 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cement masons and concrete finishers in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,410 to $93,910; 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 $51,445 from $64,250. 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 201 of 491 locally.
- This $55,260 adjusted figure, worked from $64,250, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 201 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 201 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 $68,820 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,410 at the bottom tenth to $93,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $55,260.
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 $51,445 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $68,820. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,410 to $93,910) 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 $55,260 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 $51,445 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.