Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,935
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,645
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,045
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
$51,580
Kept after tax
$41,935
Worth in national money
$45,045
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for teachers and instructors, all other is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $51,580. That is 44 of 50 states, and about 22.01% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Teachers and instructors, all other ranks 306 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,580 you keep $41,935, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,045 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $56,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For teachers and instructors, all other, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $51,580, ranking 44 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 22.01%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 306 of 491 in Wisconsin places teachers and instructors, all other 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for teachers and instructors, all other on $51,580 is $41,935. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,045 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $56,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,960 |
| This salary | $51,580 |
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 | $41,935 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,625 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$152 |
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 | $49,478 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$184 |
| 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 $51,580. The published range is $29,040 up to $82,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,935 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $51,580. 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 306 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,045, the adjusted value of that $51,580 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 306 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for teachers and instructors, all other in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,040 to $82,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,935, from $51,580, 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 306 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $45,045 — the adjusted value of that $51,580 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 306 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 $56,620 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 $29,040 and the top tenth $82,960 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,045.
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, $41,935 remains.
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.
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 $56,620. 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 ($29,040) and the ninetieth ($82,960) 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 $45,045 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 $41,935 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.