Self-Enrichment Teachers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,557
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$6,263
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,897
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
$37,820
Kept after tax
$31,557
Worth in national money
$33,897
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is among the lower-paying states for self-enrichment teachers. The middle earner takes $37,820, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 19.19% 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: 434 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,820 you keep $31,557 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,897 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 42 of 51 for self-enrichment teachers, with a median of $37,820 — about 19.19% 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.
- Self-enrichment teachers occupies position 434 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.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $31,557 after the full tax stack, from $37,820. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,897 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Self-Enrichment Teachers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,990 |
| This salary | $37,820 |
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 | $31,557 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,568 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$382 |
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 | $36,562 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$462 |
| 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 $37,820. The published range is $26,310 up to $69,990, 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 $31,557, worked from $37,820. 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 434 of 491.
- Two cautions on $33,897, the adjusted value of that $37,820 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wisconsin. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 434 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for self-enrichment teachers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,310 to $69,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $31,557, on $37,820 for work ranking 434 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 434 of 491 in the state.
- This $33,897 adjusted figure, worked from $37,820, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 434 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 434 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 $44,260 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $26,310 and the top tenth $69,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wisconsin is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $33,897 in national terms.
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, $31,557 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $44,260. 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 ($26,310) and the ninetieth ($69,990) 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 $33,897 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 $31,557 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.