First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,471
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$19,099
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,177
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
$82,570
Kept after tax
$63,471
Worth in national money
$68,177
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $82,570, ranking 19 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 106 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,570 you keep $63,471 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $68,177 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $86,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers: a median of $82,570, ranking 19 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Wisconsin, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers ranks 106 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $63,471 after the full tax stack, from $82,570. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $68,177 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $86,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,090 |
| This salary | $82,570 |
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 | $63,471 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,918 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$686 |
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 | $77,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$948 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,570 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $55,930 and the ninetieth is $124,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $63,471, from $82,570, 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 106 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 $68,177, the adjusted value of that $82,570 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 106 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $82,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $55,930 to $124,090. 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 $63,471 from $82,570. 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 106 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $68,177 — the adjusted value of that $82,570 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 106 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 $86,550 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 $55,930 and the top tenth $124,090 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $68,177 in national terms.
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 $63,471 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $86,550. 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 ($55,930) and the ninetieth ($124,090) 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 $68,177 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 $63,471 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.