Floral Designers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,438
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$5,572
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,621
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
$35,010
Kept after tax
$29,438
Worth in national money
$31,621
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for floral designers is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $35,010. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 6.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes, floral designers lands at 463. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,010 you keep $29,438, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,621 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $35,900, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For floral designers, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $35,010, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 6.29%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Wisconsin, this work ranks 463 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for floral designers on $35,010 is $29,438. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,621 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 $35,900 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,750 |
| This salary | $35,010 |
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 | $29,438 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,311 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$429 |
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 | $33,924 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$519 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of floral designers in Wisconsin earn under $35,010 and half over. The published range runs $25,480 at the tenth percentile to $46,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $29,438, worked from $35,010. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 463 of 491.
- Two cautions on $31,621, the adjusted value of that $35,010 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wisconsin. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 463 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for floral designers in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $25,480 to $46,750; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $29,438, on $35,010 for work ranking 463 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 463 of 491 in the state.
- This $31,621 adjusted figure, worked from $35,010, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 463 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 463 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $25,480 at the tenth percentile, $46,750 at the ninetieth.
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 $31,621 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, $29,438 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($25,480 to $46,750) 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 $31,621 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 $29,438 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.