Pest Control Workers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,236
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,114
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,997
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
$45,350
Kept after tax
$37,236
Worth in national money
$39,997
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for pest control workers. The median is $45,350, ranking 21 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Wisconsin, this one sits low: 386 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,350 you keep $37,236 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $39,997 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for pest control workers: a median of $45,350, ranking 21 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Pest control workers occupies position 386 of 491 in Wisconsin's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $37,236 after the full tax stack, from $45,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,997 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Pest Control Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,750 |
| This salary | $45,350 |
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 | $37,236 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,619 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$256 |
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 | $43,630 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$310 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wisconsin earn less than $45,350. The published range is $36,800 up to $59,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $37,236, worked from $45,350. 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 386 of 491.
- Two cautions on $39,997, the adjusted value of that $45,350 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 386 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for pest control workers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,800 to $59,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $37,236, on $45,350 for work ranking 386 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 386 of 491 in the state.
- This $39,997 adjusted figure, worked from $45,350, 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 386 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 386 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,800 at the bottom tenth to $59,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,997 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, $37,236 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($36,800 to $59,750) 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 $39,997 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 $37,236 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.