Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,780
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$21,480
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,806
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
$89,260
Kept after tax
$67,780
Worth in national money
$72,806
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wisconsin pays this job a middle wage of $89,260, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 31.23% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, this job comes in at 84 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $89,260 you keep $67,780 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $72,806 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $86,830.
- Wisconsin's median for health information technologists and medical registrars is $89,260, about 31.23% above the national figure and 4 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Health information technologists and medical registrars ranks 84 of 491 occupations by median in Wisconsin, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $67,780 after the full tax stack, from $89,260. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $72,806 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $86,830 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,120 |
| This salary | $89,260 |
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 | $67,780 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,624 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$901 |
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 | $83,796 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,244 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $89,260 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,480 and the ninetieth is $123,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $67,780 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $89,260. 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 84 of 491.
- Two cautions on $72,806, the adjusted value of that $89,260 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 84 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $89,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,480 to $123,120. 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 $67,780, from $89,260, 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 84 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- This $72,806 adjusted figure, worked from $89,260, 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 84 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 84 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,480 at the bottom tenth to $123,120 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $72,806.
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, $67,780 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,480) and the ninetieth ($123,120) 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 $72,806 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 $67,780 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.