Financial Risk Specialists in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,294
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$24,526
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,729
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
$97,820
Kept after tax
$73,294
Worth in national money
$78,729
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for financial risk specialists. The median is $97,820, ranking 33 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Wisconsin this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, financial risk specialists ranks 55 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $97,820 the take-home is $73,294; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $78,729 would nationally. The average comes to $100,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for financial risk specialists: a median of $97,820, ranking 33 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Wisconsin publishes a median for, financial risk specialists sits 55 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for financial risk specialists in Wisconsin, on $97,820, is $73,294 — equivalent to $78,729 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 $100,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Risk Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,030 |
| This salary | $97,820 |
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 | $73,294 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,646 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,175 |
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 | $91,633 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,623 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,820 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,630 and the ninetieth is $141,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $73,294, from $97,820, 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 55 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $78,729 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 55.
- The Wisconsin median of $97,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,630 to $141,030. 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 $73,294 from $97,820. 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 55 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $78,729, worked from $97,820, 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 55 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $64,630 and the top tenth $141,030 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $78,729.
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 $73,294 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($64,630) and the ninetieth ($141,030) 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 $78,729 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 $73,294 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.