Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,125
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$18,355
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,731
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
$80,480
Kept after tax
$62,125
Worth in national money
$66,731
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays this job around $80,480 at the midpoint, 23 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Wisconsin this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 117 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,480 the take-home is $62,125; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,731 would nationally. The average comes to $96,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For mathematical science teachers, postsecondary the Wisconsin median is $80,480, ranking 23 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Wisconsin publishes a median for, mathematical science teachers, postsecondary sits 117 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin, on $80,480, is $62,125 — equivalent to $66,731 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 $96,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,160 |
| This salary | $80,480 |
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 | $62,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,448 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$619 |
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 | $75,756 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$855 |
| 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 $80,480. The published range is $60,640 up to $141,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $62,125, from $80,480, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 117 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,731 uses one figure for the whole of Wisconsin. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 117.
- Reported values are medians; for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,640 to $141,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,125 from $80,480. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 117 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,731, worked from $80,480, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wisconsin address, on work sitting at 117 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $96,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,640 and the top tenth $141,160 — 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 $66,731.
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 $62,125 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $96,330. 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 ($60,640) and the ninetieth ($141,160) 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 $66,731 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 $62,125 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.