Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,963
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$29,867
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,114
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
$112,830
Kept after tax
$82,963
Worth in national money
$89,114
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wisconsin's middle earner gets $112,830, putting the state 15 of 48 — about 3.26% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, this job comes in at 35 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $112,830 the take-home is $82,963; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $89,114 would nationally. The average comes to $120,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For engineering teachers, postsecondary, Wisconsin sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $112,830, ranking 15 of 48 and running about 3.26% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Engineering teachers, postsecondary ranks 35 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.
- Post-tax income for engineering teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin, on $112,830, is $82,963 — equivalent to $89,114 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $120,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $178,610 |
| This salary | $112,830 |
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 | $82,963 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,206 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,656 |
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 | $105,377 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,287 |
| 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 engineering teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin earn under $112,830 and half over. The published range runs $67,630 at the tenth percentile to $178,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $82,963, worked from $112,830. 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 35 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $89,114, the adjusted value of that $112,830 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 35 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineering teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,630 to $178,610; 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.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $82,963, on $112,830 for work ranking 35 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 35 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $89,114 — the adjusted value of that $112,830 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 35 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 $120,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,630 at the bottom tenth to $178,610 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $89,114 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 $82,963 of this wage survives to your account.
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 48 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 $120,350. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($67,630) and the ninetieth ($178,610) 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 $89,114 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 $82,963 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.