Pharmacists in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$105,633
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$43,107
29.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$113,466
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
$148,740
Kept after tax
$105,633
Worth in national money
$113,466
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pharmacists is strong here. Wisconsin's middle earner gets $148,740, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 5.56% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, pharmacists comes in at 8 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $148,740 the take-home is $105,633; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $113,466 would nationally. The average lands at $146,010, below the middle of the range.
- For pharmacists, Wisconsin sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $148,740, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 5.56% 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.
- Pharmacists ranks 8 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 pharmacists in Wisconsin, on $148,740, is $105,633 — equivalent to $113,466 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 $146,010 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $112,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $148,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $178,090 |
| This salary | $148,740 |
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 | $105,633 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $112,930 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,747 |
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 | $138,064 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,906 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $148,740 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $112,020 and the ninetieth is $178,090 — 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 $105,633, worked from $148,740. 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 8 of 491.
- Two cautions on $113,466, the adjusted value of that $148,740 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 8 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $148,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $112,020 to $178,090. 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 $105,633, on $148,740 for work ranking 8 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 8 of 491 in the state.
- This $113,466 adjusted figure, worked from $148,740, 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 8 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 8 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $112,020 and the top tenth $178,090, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $113,466 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 $105,633.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($112,020 to $178,090) 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 $113,466 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 $105,633 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.