Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,357
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$11,743
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,943
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
$60,100
Kept after tax
$48,357
Worth in national money
$51,943
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wisconsin pays this job a middle wage of $60,100, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 16.45% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 247 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 $60,100 the take-home is $48,357; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,943 would nationally. The average lands at $59,740, below the middle of the range.
- Wisconsin's median for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders is $60,100, about 16.45% above the national figure and 4 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 247 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 separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Wisconsin, on $60,100, is $48,357 — equivalent to $51,943 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 $59,740 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,750 |
| This salary | $60,100 |
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 | $48,357 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5 |
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 | $57,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,100 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,250 and the ninetieth is $76,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,357 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $60,100. 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 247 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,943, the adjusted value of that $60,100 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 247 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $60,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,250 to $76,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $48,357, from $60,100, 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 247 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $51,943 — the adjusted value of that $60,100 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 247 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,250 at the bottom tenth to $76,750 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 $51,943.
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 $48,357.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,250 to $76,750) 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 $51,943 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 $48,357 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.