Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,141
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$10,689
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,488
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
$55,830
Kept after tax
$45,141
Worth in national money
$48,488
State rank
14
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $55,830, which ranks 14 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 6.26% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 288 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $55,830 you keep $45,141 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $48,488 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,730.
- Wisconsin ranks 14 of 47 states publishing a median for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, at $55,830 — about 6.26% 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.
- Position 288 of 491 in Wisconsin places jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $45,141 after the full tax stack, from $55,830. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $48,488 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,730 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,750 |
| This salary | $55,830 |
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 | $45,141 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,039 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$81 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $53,467 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$98 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,830 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,270 and the ninetieth is $77,750 — 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 $45,141, worked from $55,830. 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 288 of 491.
- Two cautions on $48,488, the adjusted value of that $55,830 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 288 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $55,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,270 to $77,750. 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 $45,141, on $55,830 for work ranking 288 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 288 of 491 in the state.
- This $48,488 adjusted figure, worked from $55,830, 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 288 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 288 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $33,270 and the top tenth $77,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $48,488 in national terms.
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, $45,141 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($33,270) and the ninetieth ($77,750) 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 $48,488 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 $45,141 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.