Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,932
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,628
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,708
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
$63,560
Kept after tax
$50,932
Worth in national money
$54,708
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays this job around $63,560 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Wisconsin reports figures for, this is number 206.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,560 the take-home is $50,932; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,708 would nationally. The average comes to $65,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For telecommunications line installers and repairers the Wisconsin median is $63,560, ranking 28 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Wisconsin's occupational distribution, telecommunications line installers and repairers sits at 206 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Wisconsin, on $63,560, is $50,932 — equivalent to $54,708 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 $65,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,080 |
| This salary | $63,560 |
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 | $50,932 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,250 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$90 |
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 | $60,674 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$109 |
| 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 $63,560. The published range is $47,710 up to $91,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,932 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $63,560. 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 206 of 491.
- Two cautions on $54,708, the adjusted value of that $63,560 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 206 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,710 to $91,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,932, from $63,560, 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 206 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- This $54,708 adjusted figure, worked from $63,560, 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 206 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 206 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $65,970, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,710 and the top tenth $91,080, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,708 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, $50,932 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 $65,970. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,710 to $91,080) 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 $54,708 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 $50,932 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.