Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,447
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$27,373
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,264
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
$105,820
Kept after tax
$78,447
Worth in national money
$84,264
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $105,820, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.02% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 43 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 $105,820 you keep $78,447, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,264 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,350, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Wisconsin ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for electrical power-line installers and repairers, at $105,820 — about 11.02% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Wisconsin, electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 43 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 power-line installers and repairers on $105,820 is $78,447. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,264 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 $96,350 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,850 |
| This salary | $105,820 |
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 | $78,447 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,274 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,431 |
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 | $98,958 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,977 |
| 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 $105,820. The published range is $58,330 up to $119,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $78,447, worked from $105,820. 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 43 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,264, the adjusted value of that $105,820 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 43 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,330 to $119,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $78,447, on $105,820 for work ranking 43 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 43 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $84,264 — the adjusted value of that $105,820 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 43 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $58,330 at the tenth percentile, $119,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $84,264 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 $78,447 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $96,350. 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 ($58,330 to $119,850) 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 $84,264 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 $78,447 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.