School Bus Monitors in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,667
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$5,973
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,941
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
$36,640
Kept after tax
$30,667
Worth in national money
$32,941
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for school bus monitors is strong here. Wisconsin's middle earner gets $36,640, putting the state 15 of 50 — about 4.39% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Wisconsin this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, school bus monitors ranks 447. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $36,640 you keep $30,667 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,941 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $35,870.
- For school bus monitors, Wisconsin sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $36,640, ranking 15 of 50 and running about 4.39% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Wisconsin reports, school bus monitors ranks 447 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $30,667 after the full tax stack, from $36,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,941 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,870 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: School Bus Monitors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,410 |
| This salary | $36,640 |
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 | $30,667 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$402 |
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 | $35,454 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$486 |
| 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 $36,640. The published range is $29,130 up to $43,410, 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 $30,667, worked from $36,640. 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 447 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,941, the adjusted value of that $36,640 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 447 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for school bus monitors in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,130 to $43,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $30,667, on $36,640 for work ranking 447 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 447 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $32,941 — the adjusted value of that $36,640 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 447 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,130 at the bottom tenth to $43,410 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $32,941.
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 $30,667.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,130 to $43,410) 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 $32,941 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 $30,667 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.