Procurement Clerks in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,299
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,111
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,287
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
$49,410
Kept after tax
$40,299
Worth in national money
$43,287
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for procurement clerks is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $49,410. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 2.31% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Procurement clerks ranks 321 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,410 you keep $40,299 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,287 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $51,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- For procurement clerks, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $49,410, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 2.31%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 321 of 491 in Wisconsin places procurement clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $40,299 after the full tax stack, from $49,410. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,287 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,440 |
| This salary | $49,410 |
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 | $40,299 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,881 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$188 |
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 | $47,441 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$228 |
| 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 procurement clerks in Wisconsin earn under $49,410 and half over. The published range runs $40,090 at the tenth percentile to $64,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $40,299 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $49,410. 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 321 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,287, the adjusted value of that $49,410 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 321 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for procurement clerks in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,090 to $64,440; 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.
- Retained pay of $40,299, from $49,410, 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 321 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $43,287 — the adjusted value of that $49,410 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 321 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 $51,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,090 at the bottom tenth to $64,440 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 $43,287 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Wisconsin adds its own income tax on top — which is why $40,299 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $51,160. 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 ($40,090 to $64,440) 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 $43,287 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 $40,299 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.