Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,147
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$5,803
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,382
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
$35,950
Kept after tax
$30,147
Worth in national money
$32,382
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $35,950, ranking 46 of 50 states — about 19.01% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Wisconsin, this one sits low: 455 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,950 the take-home is $30,147; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $32,382 would nationally. The average comes to $37,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 46 of 50 for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, with a median of $35,950 — about 19.01% 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.
- Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks occupies position 455 of 491 in Wisconsin's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Wisconsin, on $35,950, is $30,147 — equivalent to $32,382 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 $37,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,600 |
| This salary | $35,950 |
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 | $30,147 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,066 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$413 |
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 | $34,806 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$500 |
| 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 $35,950. The published range is $30,170 up to $50,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $30,147, worked from $35,950. 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 455 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,382 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 455.
- Reported values are medians; for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,170 to $50,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $30,147, on $35,950 for work ranking 455 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 455 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,382, worked from $35,950, 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 455 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 $37,990 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 $30,170 at the bottom tenth to $50,600 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 $32,382 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 $30,147 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $37,990. 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 ($30,170 to $50,600) 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 $32,382 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 $30,147 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.