Electricians in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,587
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$16,953
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,005
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
$76,540
Kept after tax
$59,587
Worth in national money
$64,005
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for electricians. The middle earner takes $76,540, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 21.13% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 143 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $76,540 you keep $59,587, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,005 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $73,810, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Wisconsin ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for electricians, at $76,540 — about 21.13% 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.
- Electricians ranks 143 of 491 occupations in Wisconsin by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for electricians on $76,540 is $59,587. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,005 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 $73,810 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,770 |
| This salary | $76,540 |
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 | $59,587 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,676 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$493 |
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 | $72,149 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$681 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electricians in Wisconsin earn under $76,540 and half over. The published range runs $44,830 at the tenth percentile to $101,770 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,587 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $76,540. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 143 of 491.
- Two cautions on $64,005, the adjusted value of that $76,540 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 143 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electricians in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,830 to $101,770; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $59,587, from $76,540, assumes a single Wisconsin filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 143 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $64,005 adjusted figure, worked from $76,540, 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 143 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 143 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $73,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,830, the highest tenth $101,770, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $64,005 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 $59,587.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $73,810. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,830) and the ninetieth ($101,770) 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 $64,005 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 $59,587 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.