Food Service Managers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,630
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,180
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,310
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
$61,810
Kept after tax
$49,630
Worth in national money
$53,310
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for food service managers is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $61,810. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 10.92% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 232 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,810 you keep $49,630, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,310 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $68,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For food service managers, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $61,810, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.92%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Food service managers ranks 232 of 491 occupations in Wisconsin by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for food service managers on $61,810 is $49,630. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,310 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 $68,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Food Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,850 |
| This salary | $61,810 |
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 | $49,630 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,844 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$42 |
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 | $59,054 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$51 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wisconsin earn less than $61,810. The published range is $40,900 up to $99,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $49,630, worked from $61,810. 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 232 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,310 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 232.
- Reported values are medians; for food service managers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,900 to $99,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $49,630, on $61,810 for work ranking 232 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 232 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,310, worked from $61,810, 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 232 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 $68,600 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $40,900, the highest tenth $99,850, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $53,310 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Wisconsin then takes its own share, leaving $49,630.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $68,600. 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 ($40,900) and the ninetieth ($99,850) 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 $53,310 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 $49,630 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.