Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,647
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$23,063
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,885
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
$93,710
Kept after tax
$70,647
Worth in national money
$75,885
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $93,710, ranking 45 of 50 states — about 28.04% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, this job comes in at 74 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $93,710 you keep $70,647 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $75,885 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $100,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 45 of 50 for electronics engineers, except computer, with a median of $93,710 — about 28.04% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 74 of 491 occupations by median in Wisconsin, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $70,647 after the full tax stack, from $93,710. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,885 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $100,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,550 |
| This salary | $93,710 |
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 | $70,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,755 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,043 |
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 | $87,870 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,441 |
| 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 $93,710. The published range is $61,150 up to $136,550, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $70,647 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $93,710. 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 74 of 491.
- Two cautions on $75,885, the adjusted value of that $93,710 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 74 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electronics engineers, except computer in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,150 to $136,550. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $70,647, from $93,710, 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 74 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 50 for it.
- This $75,885 adjusted figure, worked from $93,710, 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 74 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 74 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 $100,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $61,150 at the bottom tenth to $136,550 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $75,885 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Wisconsin's own levy, $70,647 remains.
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 $100,230. 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 ($61,150) and the ninetieth ($136,550) 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 $75,885 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 $70,647 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.