Fence Erectors in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,807
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,603
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,907
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
$51,410
Kept after tax
$41,807
Worth in national money
$44,907
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for fence erectors. The middle earner takes $51,410, which ranks 11 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 7.15% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Fence erectors ranks 308 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,410 you keep $41,807, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,907 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin ranks 11 of 45 states publishing a median for fence erectors, at $51,410 — about 7.15% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 308 of 491 in Wisconsin places fence erectors 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 fence erectors on $51,410 is $41,807. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,907 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 $62,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,360 |
| This salary | $51,410 |
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 | $41,807 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,488 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$155 |
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 | $49,318 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$187 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,410 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,200 and the ninetieth is $87,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $41,807 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $51,410. 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 308 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,907 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 308.
- The Wisconsin median of $51,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,200 to $87,360. 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 $41,807, from $51,410, 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 308 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,907, worked from $51,410, 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 308 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 $62,410 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 $39,200 at the bottom tenth to $87,360 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 $44,907 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, $41,807 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 45 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 $62,410. 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 ($39,200) and the ninetieth ($87,360) 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 $44,907 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 $41,807 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.