Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,643
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$24,167
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,030
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
$96,810
Kept after tax
$72,643
Worth in national money
$78,030
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays this job around $96,810 at the midpoint, 22 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 61 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $96,810 you keep $72,643, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,030 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $98,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents the Wisconsin median is $96,810, ranking 22 of 50 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, postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 61 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for postmasters and mail superintendents on $96,810 is $72,643. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,030 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $98,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $87,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,680 |
| This salary | $96,810 |
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 | $72,643 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,936 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,143 |
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 | $90,709 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,578 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $96,810 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $87,510 and the ninetieth is $111,680 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $72,643, from $96,810, 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 61 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $78,030, the adjusted value of that $96,810 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 61 of 491 locally.
- The Wisconsin median of $96,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $87,510 to $111,680. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,643 from $96,810. 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 61 of 491 locally.
- This $78,030 adjusted figure, worked from $96,810, 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 61 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 61 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $87,510 at the tenth percentile, $111,680 at the ninetieth.
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 $78,030 in national terms.
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 $72,643.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($87,510 to $111,680) 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 $78,030 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 $72,643 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.