Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,124
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,006
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,766
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
$61,130
Kept after tax
$49,124
Worth in national money
$52,766
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 19 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $61,130. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 239 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,130 the take-home is $49,124; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,766 would nationally. The average comes to $61,670, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin ranks 19 of 51 for security and fire alarm systems installers at $61,130. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Security and fire alarm systems installers ranks 239 of 491 occupations in Wisconsin by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for security and fire alarm systems installers in Wisconsin, on $61,130, is $49,124 — equivalent to $52,766 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 $61,670 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,880 |
| This salary | $61,130 |
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 | $49,124 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,298 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$23 |
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 | $58,424 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$28 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,130 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,030 and the ninetieth is $78,880 — 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 $49,124, worked from $61,130. 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 239 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,766 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 239.
- The Wisconsin median of $61,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,030 to $78,880. 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 $49,124, on $61,130 for work ranking 239 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 239 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,766, worked from $61,130, 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 239 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,030 at the bottom tenth to $78,880 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 $52,766 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 $49,124 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,030 to $78,880) 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 $52,766 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 $49,124 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.