Emergency Management Directors in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,051
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$17,209
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,503
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
$77,260
Kept after tax
$60,051
Worth in national money
$64,503
State rank
34
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wisconsin pays this job a middle wage of $77,260, 34 of 47 states and about 17.22% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 141 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,260 you keep $60,051, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,503 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $80,510, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin's $77,260 median for emergency management directors places it 34 of 47 states, about 17.22% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 141 of 491 in Wisconsin places emergency management directors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for emergency management directors on $77,260 is $60,051. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,503 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 $80,510 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Emergency Management Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,940 |
| This salary | $77,260 |
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 | $60,051 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,182 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$516 |
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 | $72,808 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$713 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,260 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,270 and the ninetieth is $114,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $60,051 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $77,260. 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 141 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,503 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 141.
- The Wisconsin median of $77,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,270 to $114,940. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $60,051, from $77,260, 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 141 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,503, worked from $77,260, 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 141 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 $80,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,270 and the top tenth $114,940 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $64,503 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, $60,051 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $80,510. 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 ($50,270) and the ninetieth ($114,940) 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 $64,503 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 $60,051 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.