General and Operations Managers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,763
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$31,967
26.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,196
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
$118,730
Kept after tax
$86,763
Worth in national money
$93,196
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $118,730, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 12.25% above the national middle.
- Within Wisconsin this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 30 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $118,730 you keep $86,763, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $93,196 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $140,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for general and operations managers, at $118,730 — about 12.25% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Wisconsin publishes a median for, general and operations managers sits 30 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for general and operations managers on $118,730 is $86,763. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $93,196 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 $140,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $118,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $247,560 |
| This salary | $118,730 |
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 | $86,763 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,357 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,845 |
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 | $110,779 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,549 |
| 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 $118,730. The published range is $59,540 up to $247,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $86,763 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $118,730. 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 30 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $93,196, the adjusted value of that $118,730 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 30 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for general and operations managers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,540 to $247,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $86,763, from $118,730, 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 30 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $93,196 — the adjusted value of that $118,730 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 30 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $140,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,540 and the top tenth $247,560 — 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 $93,196.
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 $86,763 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 $140,350. 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 ($59,540) and the ninetieth ($247,560) 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 $93,196 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 $86,763 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.