Public Relations Managers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,703
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$30,277
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,910
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
$113,980
Kept after tax
$83,703
Worth in national money
$89,910
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wisconsin pays public relations managers a middle wage of $113,980, 36 of 48 states and about 22.42% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Wisconsin this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, public relations managers ranks 33 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $113,980 the take-home is $83,703; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $89,910 would nationally. The average comes to $129,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin's $113,980 median for public relations managers places it 36 of 48 states, about 22.42% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Wisconsin publishes a median for, public relations managers sits 33 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 public relations managers in Wisconsin, on $113,980, is $83,703 — equivalent to $89,910 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 $129,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $216,460 |
| This salary | $113,980 |
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 | $83,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,015 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,693 |
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 | $106,430 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,338 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $113,980 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $73,700 and the ninetieth is $216,460 — 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 $83,703, worked from $113,980. 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 33 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $89,910 uses one figure for the whole of Wisconsin. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 33.
- The Wisconsin median of $113,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $73,700 to $216,460. 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 $83,703, on $113,980 for work ranking 33 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 33 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,910, worked from $113,980, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wisconsin address, on work sitting at 33 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 $129,050, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $73,700 and the top tenth $216,460 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $89,910 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 $83,703.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $129,050. 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 ($73,700) and the ninetieth ($216,460) 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 $89,910 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 $83,703 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.