Medical Equipment Preparers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,911
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,659
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,796
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
$47,570
Kept after tax
$38,911
Worth in national money
$41,796
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 22 of 51 states for medical equipment preparers, with a middle wage of $47,570. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment preparers ranks 357 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $47,570 you keep $38,911, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,796 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $48,220, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin ranks 22 of 51 for medical equipment preparers at $47,570. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 357 of 491 in Wisconsin places medical equipment preparers 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 medical equipment preparers on $47,570 is $38,911. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,796 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 $48,220 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,180 |
| This salary | $47,570 |
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 | $38,911 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,402 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$219 |
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 | $45,714 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$265 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,570 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,170 and the ninetieth is $59,180 — 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 $38,911, worked from $47,570. 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 357 of 491.
- Two cautions on $41,796, the adjusted value of that $47,570 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 357 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $47,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,170 to $59,180. 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 $38,911, on $47,570 for work ranking 357 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 357 of 491 in the state.
- This $41,796 adjusted figure, worked from $47,570, 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 357 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 357 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,170 at the tenth percentile, $59,180 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,796 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,911 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,170 to $59,180) 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 $41,796 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 $38,911 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.