Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,265
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,775
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,177
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
$48,040
Kept after tax
$39,265
Worth in national money
$42,177
State rank
17
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 17 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,040. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 346 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 $48,040 the take-home is $39,265; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,177 would nationally. The average comes to $48,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 17 of 47 for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders at $48,040. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 346 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 cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Wisconsin, on $48,040, is $39,265 — equivalent to $42,177 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 $48,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,300 |
| This salary | $48,040 |
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 | $39,265 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,780 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$211 |
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 | $46,155 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$255 |
| 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 cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Wisconsin earn under $48,040 and half over. The published range runs $36,940 at the tenth percentile to $58,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,265 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $48,040. 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 346 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,177, the adjusted value of that $48,040 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 346 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,940 to $58,300; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,265, from $48,040, 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 346 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $42,177 — the adjusted value of that $48,040 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 346 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,940 at the tenth percentile, $58,300 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,177 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 $39,265 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,940 to $58,300) 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 $42,177 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 $39,265 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.