Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,860
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,620
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,964
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
$51,480
Kept after tax
$41,860
Worth in national money
$44,964
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 29 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $51,480. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 307 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $51,480 you keep $41,860 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,964 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $54,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 29 of 50 for eligibility interviewers, government programs at $51,480. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs ranks 307 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.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $41,860 after the full tax stack, from $51,480. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,964 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $54,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,290 |
| This salary | $51,480 |
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 | $41,860 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,544 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$154 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $49,384 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$186 |
| 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 $51,480. The published range is $45,120 up to $74,290, 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 $41,860, worked from $51,480. 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 307 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,964, the adjusted value of that $51,480 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 307 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,120 to $74,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $41,860, on $51,480 for work ranking 307 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 307 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $44,964 — the adjusted value of that $51,480 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 307 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 $54,750, 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 $45,120 and the top tenth $74,290, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,964.
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, $41,860 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 $54,750. 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 ($45,120 to $74,290) 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 $44,964 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 $41,860 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.