Residential Advisors in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,476
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$7,214
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,032
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
$41,690
Kept after tax
$34,476
Worth in national money
$37,032
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays residential advisors around $41,690 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes, residential advisors lands at 408. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $41,690 the take-home is $34,476; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,032 would nationally. The average lands at $41,400, below the middle of the range.
- For residential advisors the Wisconsin median is $41,690, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Wisconsin, this work ranks 408 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for residential advisors in Wisconsin, on $41,690, is $34,476 — equivalent to $37,032 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 $41,400 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,910 |
| This salary | $41,690 |
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 | $34,476 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,678 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$317 |
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 | $40,194 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$384 |
| 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 residential advisors in Wisconsin earn under $41,690 and half over. The published range runs $30,090 at the tenth percentile to $46,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,476 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $41,690. 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 408 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,032, the adjusted value of that $41,690 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 408 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for residential advisors in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,090 to $46,910; 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 $34,476, from $41,690, 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 408 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $37,032 — the adjusted value of that $41,690 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 408 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,090 at the bottom tenth to $46,910 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 $37,032 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 $34,476.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,090 to $46,910) 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 $37,032 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 $34,476 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.