Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,851
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,640
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,731
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
$47,490
Kept after tax
$38,851
Worth in national money
$41,731
State rank
11
of 51 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 $47,490, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 4.93% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 360 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,490 the take-home is $38,851; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,731 would nationally. The average comes to $48,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin's median for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks is $47,490, about 4.93% above the national figure and 11 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 360 of 491 in Wisconsin places shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Wisconsin, on $47,490, is $38,851 — equivalent to $41,731 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 $48,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,070 |
| This salary | $47,490 |
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 | $38,851 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,338 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$220 |
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 | $45,638 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$266 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,490 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,290 and the ninetieth is $62,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $38,851, from $47,490, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 360 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,731 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 360.
- The Wisconsin median of $47,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,290 to $62,070. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,851 from $47,490. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 360 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,731, worked from $47,490, 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 360 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,290 at the bottom tenth to $62,070 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,731 in national terms.
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 $38,851 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($36,290 to $62,070) 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 $41,731 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 $38,851 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.