Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,460
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$16,330
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,794
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
$74,790
Kept after tax
$58,460
Worth in national money
$62,794
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 21 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $74,790. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 152 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,790 you keep $58,460 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $62,794 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $76,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 21 of 49 for education teachers, postsecondary at $74,790. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 152 of 491 in Wisconsin places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $58,460 after the full tax stack, from $74,790. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,794 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $76,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,970 |
| This salary | $74,790 |
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 | $58,460 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,445 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$437 |
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 | $70,547 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$603 |
| 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 $74,790. The published range is $44,280 up to $106,970, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $58,460, from $74,790, 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 152 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 $62,794 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 152.
- Reported values are medians; for education teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,280 to $106,970. 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 $58,460 from $74,790. 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 152 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,794, worked from $74,790, 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 152 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,280 and the top tenth $106,970 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $62,794 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 $58,460.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,280) and the ninetieth ($106,970) 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 $62,794 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 $58,460 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.