Financial Specialists, All Other in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,572
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,848
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,396
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
$64,420
Kept after tax
$51,572
Worth in national money
$55,396
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for financial specialists, all other is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $64,420. That is 45 of 50 states, and about 20.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Financial specialists, all other ranks 197 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,420 the take-home is $51,572; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,396 would nationally. The average comes to $69,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial specialists, all other, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $64,420, ranking 45 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 20.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 197 of 491 in Wisconsin places financial specialists, all other 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.
- Post-tax income for financial specialists, all other in Wisconsin, on $64,420, is $51,572 — equivalent to $55,396 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 $69,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,940 |
| This salary | $64,420 |
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 | $51,572 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,941 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$114 |
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 | $61,471 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$138 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,420 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,030 and the ninetieth is $103,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,572 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $64,420. 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 197 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,396, the adjusted value of that $64,420 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 197 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $64,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,030 to $103,940. 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 $51,572, from $64,420, 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 197 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $55,396 — the adjusted value of that $64,420 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 197 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 $69,440 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,030 and the top tenth $103,940 — 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 $55,396.
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, $51,572 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $69,440. 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 ($37,030) and the ninetieth ($103,940) 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 $55,396 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 $51,572 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.