Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,582
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$16,398
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,926
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
$74,980
Kept after tax
$58,582
Worth in national money
$62,926
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 28 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $74,980. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 148 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,980 you keep $58,582 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $62,926 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $72,410.
- Wisconsin ranks 28 of 50 for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment at $74,980. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 148 of 491 in Wisconsin places electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 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 $58,582 after the full tax stack, from $74,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,926 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $72,410 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,770 |
| This salary | $74,980 |
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 | $58,582 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,578 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$443 |
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 | $70,721 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$612 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,980 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,520 and the ninetieth is $91,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $58,582, from $74,980, 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 148 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $62,926, the adjusted value of that $74,980 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 148 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $74,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,520 to $91,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,582 from $74,980. 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 148 of 491 locally.
- This $62,926 adjusted figure, worked from $74,980, 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 148 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 148 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 $72,410, 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 $48,520 and the top tenth $91,770, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $62,926 in national terms.
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 $58,582.
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 50 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 $72,410. 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 ($48,520 to $91,770) 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 $62,926 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 $58,582 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.