Mechanical Door Repairers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,038
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,352
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,081
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
$50,390
Kept after tax
$41,038
Worth in national money
$44,081
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is among the lower-paying states for mechanical door repairers. The middle earner takes $50,390, ranking 31 of 45 states — about 9.57% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Mechanical door repairers ranks 313 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,390 you keep $41,038, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,081 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $54,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin ranks 31 of 45 for mechanical door repairers, with a median of $50,390 — about 9.57% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 313 of 491 in Wisconsin places mechanical door repairers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for mechanical door repairers on $50,390 is $41,038. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,081 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $54,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,300 |
| This salary | $50,390 |
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 | $41,038 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,668 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$172 |
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 | $48,361 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$208 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,390 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,180 and the ninetieth is $71,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $41,038, from $50,390, 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 313 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $44,081, the adjusted value of that $50,390 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 313 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $50,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,180 to $71,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,038 from $50,390. 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 313 of 491 locally.
- This $44,081 adjusted figure, worked from $50,390, 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 313 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 313 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 $54,300, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,180 and the top tenth $71,300, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wisconsin sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $44,081 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $41,038 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $54,300. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,180 to $71,300) 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 $44,081 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 $41,038 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.