Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,753
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,567
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,517
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
$63,320
Kept after tax
$50,753
Worth in national money
$54,517
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wisconsin's middle earner gets $63,320, putting the state 8 of 45 — about 26.87% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Wisconsin reports figures for, this is number 210.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,320 the take-home is $50,753; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,517 would nationally. The average comes to $65,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For miscellaneous construction and related workers, Wisconsin sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $63,320, ranking 8 of 45 and running about 26.87% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Wisconsin's occupational distribution, miscellaneous construction and related workers sits at 210 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for miscellaneous construction and related workers in Wisconsin, on $63,320, is $50,753 — equivalent to $54,517 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 $65,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,340 |
| This salary | $63,320 |
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 | $50,753 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,058 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$84 |
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 | $60,452 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$101 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,320 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,900 and the ninetieth is $84,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,753 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $63,320. 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 210 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,517 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 210.
- The Wisconsin median of $63,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,900 to $84,340. 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 $50,753, from $63,320, 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 210 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,517, worked from $63,320, 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 210 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,900 and the top tenth $84,340, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,517.
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 $50,753 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,900 to $84,340) 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 $54,517 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 $50,753 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.