Insurance Sales Agents in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,461
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$17,989
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,018
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
$79,450
Kept after tax
$61,461
Worth in national money
$66,018
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for insurance sales agents is strong here. Wisconsin's middle earner gets $79,450, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 27.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, insurance sales agents comes in at 122 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,450 you keep $61,461 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $66,018 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $94,630, since top earners drag the number up.
- For insurance sales agents, Wisconsin sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $79,450, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 27.57% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Insurance sales agents ranks 122 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 $61,461 after the full tax stack, from $79,450. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,018 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $94,630 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Insurance Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,380 |
| This salary | $79,450 |
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 | $61,461 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,723 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$586 |
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 | $74,813 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$810 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,450 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,430 and the ninetieth is $163,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $61,461, worked from $79,450. 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 122 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,018, the adjusted value of that $79,450 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 122 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $79,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,430 to $163,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $61,461, on $79,450 for work ranking 122 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 122 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $66,018 — the adjusted value of that $79,450 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 122 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $94,630, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,430 at the bottom tenth to $163,380 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $66,018 in national terms.
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 $61,461 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $94,630. 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 ($47,430) and the ninetieth ($163,380) 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 $66,018 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 $61,461 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.