Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,678
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$7,932
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,398
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
$44,610
Kept after tax
$36,678
Worth in national money
$39,398
State rank
10
of 51 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 $44,610, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 10.86% above the national middle.
- Within Wisconsin this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 394. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,610 the take-home is $36,678; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,398 would nationally. The average lands at $44,080, below the middle of the range.
- Wisconsin's median for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand is $44,610, about 10.86% above the national figure and 10 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Wisconsin reports, laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ranks 394 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Wisconsin, on $44,610, is $36,678 — equivalent to $39,398 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 $44,080 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,360 |
| This salary | $44,610 |
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 | $36,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,024 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$268 |
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 | $42,935 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$325 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,610 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,260 and the ninetieth is $57,360 — 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 $36,678, worked from $44,610. 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 394 of 491.
- Two cautions on $39,398, the adjusted value of that $44,610 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 394 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $44,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,260 to $57,360. 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 $36,678, on $44,610 for work ranking 394 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 394 of 491 in the state.
- This $39,398 adjusted figure, worked from $44,610, 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 394 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 394 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,260 at the bottom tenth to $57,360 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,398 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 $36,678 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,260 to $57,360) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
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 $39,398 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 $36,678 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.