Millwrights in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,510
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$19,120
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,219
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
$82,630
Kept after tax
$63,510
Worth in national money
$68,219
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $82,630, which ranks 4 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 25.77% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, millwrights comes in at 104 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $82,630 the take-home is $63,510; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,219 would nationally. The average lands at $77,280, below the middle of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 4 of 48 states publishing a median for millwrights, at $82,630 — about 25.77% 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.
- Millwrights ranks 104 of 491 occupations by median in Wisconsin, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for millwrights in Wisconsin, on $82,630, is $63,510 — equivalent to $68,219 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 $77,280 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,280 |
| This salary | $82,630 |
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 | $63,510 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$688 |
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 | $77,725 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$951 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,630 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,530 and the ninetieth is $93,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $63,510 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $82,630. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 104 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,219 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 104.
- The Wisconsin median of $82,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,530 to $93,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $63,510, from $82,630, assumes a single Wisconsin filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 104 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,219, worked from $82,630, 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 104 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 $77,280 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $57,530 at the tenth percentile, $93,280 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 $68,219 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Wisconsin then takes its own share, leaving $63,510.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $77,280. 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 ($57,530 to $93,280) 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 $68,219 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 $63,510 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.