Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,006
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,364
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,824
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
$46,370
Kept after tax
$38,006
Worth in national money
$40,824
State rank
26
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays this job around $46,370 at the midpoint, 26 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes, this job lands at 373. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,370 you keep $38,006 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,824 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- For extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders the Wisconsin median is $46,370, ranking 26 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Wisconsin, this work ranks 373 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $38,006 after the full tax stack, from $46,370. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,824 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,480 |
| This salary | $46,370 |
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 | $38,006 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,438 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$239 |
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 | $44,587 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$289 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,370 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,520 and the ninetieth is $58,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $38,006, from $46,370, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 373 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,824, the adjusted value of that $46,370 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 373 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $46,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,520 to $58,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,006 from $46,370. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 373 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $40,824 — the adjusted value of that $46,370 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 373 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,520 and the top tenth $58,480, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,824 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 $38,006.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,520 to $58,480) 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 $40,824 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 $38,006 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.