Database Administrators in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,711
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$25,309
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,251
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
$100,020
Kept after tax
$74,711
Worth in national money
$80,251
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 30 of 51 states for database administrators, with a middle wage of $100,020. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, database administrators comes in at 50 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,020 the take-home is $74,711; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,251 would nationally. The average comes to $103,890, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 30 of 51 for database administrators at $100,020. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Database administrators ranks 50 of 491 occupations by median in Wisconsin, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for database administrators in Wisconsin, on $100,020, is $74,711 — equivalent to $80,251 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 $103,890 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,430 |
| This salary | $100,020 |
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 | $74,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,194 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,245 |
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 | $93,648 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,720 |
| 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 $100,020. The published range is $62,440 up to $149,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,711 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $100,020. 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 50 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,251, the adjusted value of that $100,020 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 50 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for database administrators in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,440 to $149,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,711, from $100,020, 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 50 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $80,251 — the adjusted value of that $100,020 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 50 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $103,890, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $62,440 at the bottom tenth to $149,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $80,251 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $74,711.
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 $103,890. 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 ($62,440) and the ninetieth ($149,430) 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 $80,251 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 $74,711 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.