Computer Occupations, All Other in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,052
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$21,078
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,024
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
$88,130
Kept after tax
$67,052
Worth in national money
$72,024
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wisconsin pays this job a middle wage of $88,130, 45 of 51 states and about 24.4% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Wisconsin this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 87 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $88,130 you keep $67,052, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $72,024 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $92,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin's $88,130 median for computer occupations, all other places it 45 of 51 states, about 24.4% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Wisconsin publishes a median for, computer occupations, all other sits 87 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for computer occupations, all other on $88,130 is $67,052. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $72,024 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 $92,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Occupations, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,450 |
| This salary | $88,130 |
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 | $67,052 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,829 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$864 |
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 | $82,761 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,194 |
| 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 computer occupations, all other in Wisconsin earn under $88,130 and half over. The published range runs $52,640 at the tenth percentile to $133,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $67,052, worked from $88,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 87 of 491.
- Two cautions on $72,024, the adjusted value of that $88,130 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 87 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer occupations, all other in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,640 to $133,450; 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.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $67,052, on $88,130 for work ranking 87 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 87 of 491 in the state.
- This $72,024 adjusted figure, worked from $88,130, 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 87 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 87 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 $92,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $52,640 and the top tenth $133,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $72,024 in national terms.
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 $67,052 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $92,750. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,640) and the ninetieth ($133,450) 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 $72,024 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 $67,052 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.