History Teachers, Postsecondary in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,704
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$18,676
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,354
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
$81,380
Kept after tax
$62,704
Worth in national money
$67,354
State rank
23
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 23 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $81,380. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 112 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $81,380 the take-home is $62,704; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,354 would nationally. The average comes to $91,910, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 23 of 45 for history teachers, postsecondary at $81,380. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Wisconsin, history teachers, postsecondary ranks 112 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.
- Post-tax income for history teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin, on $81,380, is $62,704 — equivalent to $67,354 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $91,910 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,450 |
| This salary | $81,380 |
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 | $62,704 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,081 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$648 |
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 | $76,581 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$895 |
| 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 $81,380. The published range is $59,900 up to $136,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $62,704 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $81,380. 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 112 of 491.
- Two cautions on $67,354, the adjusted value of that $81,380 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 112 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for history teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,900 to $136,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $62,704, from $81,380, 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 112 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 45 for it.
- This $67,354 adjusted figure, worked from $81,380, 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 112 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 112 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 $91,910, 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 $59,900 and the top tenth $136,450 — 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 $67,354.
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, $62,704 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $91,910. 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 ($59,900) and the ninetieth ($136,450) 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 $67,354 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 $62,704 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.