Purchasing Managers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,732
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$34,258
27.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,459
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
$124,990
Kept after tax
$90,732
Worth in national money
$97,459
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is among the lower-paying states for purchasing managers. The middle earner takes $124,990, ranking 39 of 50 states — about 15.59% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Wisconsin reports, purchasing managers comes in at 24 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $124,990 you keep $90,732 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $97,459 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $134,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 39 of 50 for purchasing managers, with a median of $124,990 — about 15.59% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Purchasing managers ranks 24 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 $90,732 after the full tax stack, from $124,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $97,459 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $134,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $201,990 |
| This salary | $124,990 |
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 | $90,732 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,697 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,049 |
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 | $116,420 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,913 |
| 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 purchasing managers in Wisconsin earn under $124,990 and half over. The published range runs $81,510 at the tenth percentile to $201,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $90,732 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $124,990. 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 24 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $97,459 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 24.
- Figures are distribution medians for purchasing managers in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $81,510 to $201,990; 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 $90,732, from $124,990, 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 24 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $97,459, worked from $124,990, 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 24 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 $134,870, 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 $81,510 at the bottom tenth to $201,990 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $97,459 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $90,732 remains.
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.
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 $134,870. 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 ($81,510) and the ninetieth ($201,990) 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 $97,459 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 $90,732 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.