Office Clerks, General in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,957
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,023
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,698
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
$44,980
Kept after tax
$36,957
Worth in national money
$39,698
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays office clerks, general around $44,980 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes, office clerks, general lands at 390. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,980 the take-home is $36,957; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,698 would nationally. The average comes to $45,040, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For office clerks, general the Wisconsin median is $44,980, ranking 23 of 51 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.
- Within Wisconsin, this work ranks 390 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for office clerks, general in Wisconsin, on $44,980, is $36,957 — equivalent to $39,698 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 $45,040 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office Clerks, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,760 |
| This salary | $44,980 |
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 | $36,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,321 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$262 |
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 | $43,282 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$317 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of office clerks, general in Wisconsin earn under $44,980 and half over. The published range runs $27,130 at the tenth percentile to $61,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $36,957, from $44,980, 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 390 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,698, the adjusted value of that $44,980 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 390 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for office clerks, general in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,130 to $61,760; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,957 from $44,980. 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 390 of 491 locally.
- This $39,698 adjusted figure, worked from $44,980, 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 390 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 390 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $27,130, the highest tenth $61,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wisconsin is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $39,698 in national terms.
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, $36,957 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($27,130) and the ninetieth ($61,760) 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 $39,698 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 $36,957 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.