Psychiatrists in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$217,499
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$113,571
34.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$233,626
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
$331,070
Kept after tax
$217,499
Worth in national money
$233,626
State rank
5
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for psychiatrists. The middle earner takes $331,070, which ranks 5 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 17.45% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, psychiatrists comes in at 2 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $331,070 you keep $217,499 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $233,626 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $282,980.
- Wisconsin ranks 5 of 46 states publishing a median for psychiatrists, at $331,070 — about 17.45% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Psychiatrists ranks 2 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.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $217,499 after the full tax stack, from $331,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $233,626 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $282,980 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $86,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $331,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $393,500 |
| This salary | $331,070 |
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 | $217,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $234,642 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,837 |
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 | $303,707 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,156 |
| 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 $331,070. The published range is $86,340 up to $393,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $217,499 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $331,070. 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 2 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $233,626, the adjusted value of that $331,070 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 2 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatrists in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $86,340 to $393,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $217,499, from $331,070, 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 2 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $233,626 — the adjusted value of that $331,070 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 2 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $282,980, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $86,340 at the bottom tenth to $393,500 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $233,626 in national terms.
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, $217,499 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $282,980. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($86,340) and the ninetieth ($393,500) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $233,626 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 $217,499 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.