Physicians, All Other in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$250,868
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$140,873
36.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$269,469
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
$391,740
Kept after tax
$250,868
Worth in national money
$269,469
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wisconsin pays physicians, all other a middle wage of $391,740, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 47.31% above the national middle.
- Within Wisconsin this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $391,740 the take-home is $250,868; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $269,469 would nationally. The average lands at $364,840, below the middle of the range.
- Wisconsin's median for physicians, all other is $391,740, about 47.31% above the national figure and 4 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Wisconsin publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for physicians, all other in Wisconsin, on $391,740, is $250,868 — equivalent to $269,469 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 $364,840 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $201,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $391,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $478,990 |
| This salary | $391,740 |
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 | $250,868 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $272,652 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,109 |
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 | $356,968 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,231 |
| 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 $391,740. The published range is $201,050 up to $478,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $250,868 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $391,740. 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 1 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $269,469, the adjusted value of that $391,740 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 1 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for physicians, all other in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $201,050 to $478,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $250,868, from $391,740, 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 1 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $269,469 — the adjusted value of that $391,740 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 1 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 $364,840 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 — $201,050 at the tenth percentile, $478,990 at the ninetieth.
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 $269,469.
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, $250,868 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $364,840. 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 ($201,050 to $478,990) 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 $269,469 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 $250,868 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.