Dental Laboratory Technicians in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,609
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,561
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,472
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
$47,170
Kept after tax
$38,609
Worth in national money
$41,472
State rank
35
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wisconsin pays this job a middle wage of $47,170, 35 of 46 states and about 4.92% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Wisconsin reports figures for, this is number 365.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,170 you keep $38,609 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,472 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin's $47,170 median for dental laboratory technicians places it 35 of 46 states, about 4.92% 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.
- In Wisconsin's occupational distribution, dental laboratory technicians sits at 365 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $38,609 after the full tax stack, from $47,170. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,472 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dental Laboratory Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,680 |
| This salary | $47,170 |
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 | $38,609 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,081 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$226 |
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 | $45,338 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$273 |
| 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 $47,170. The published range is $36,840 up to $68,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $38,609, from $47,170, 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 365 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,472 uses one figure for the whole of Wisconsin. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 365.
- Reported values are medians; for dental laboratory technicians in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,840 to $68,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,609 from $47,170. 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 365 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,472, worked from $47,170, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wisconsin address, on work sitting at 365 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 $50,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,840 and the top tenth $68,680, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,472.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Wisconsin's own levy, $38,609 remains.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $50,380. 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 ($36,840 to $68,680) 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 $41,472 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 $38,609 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.