Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,483
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$28,497
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,450
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
$108,980
Kept after tax
$80,483
Worth in national money
$86,450
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wisconsin pays this job a middle wage of $108,980, ranking 13 of 48 states and sitting about 5.79% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 37 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $108,980 you keep $80,483, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $86,450 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $107,400, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Wisconsin's median for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay is $108,980, about 5.79% above the national figure and 13 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Wisconsin, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 37 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on $108,980 is $80,483. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $86,450 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $107,400 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,660 |
| This salary | $108,980 |
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 | $80,483 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,497 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,533 |
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 | $101,852 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,117 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $108,980 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $86,530 and the ninetieth is $125,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $80,483, worked from $108,980. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 37 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $86,450 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 37.
- The Wisconsin median of $108,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $86,530 to $125,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $80,483, on $108,980 for work ranking 37 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 37 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $86,450, worked from $108,980, 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 37 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $86,530 and the top tenth $125,660, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $86,450 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $80,483 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($86,530 to $125,660) 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 $86,450 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 $80,483 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.