Tile and Stone Setters in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,277
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,403
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,005
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
$62,680
Kept after tax
$50,277
Worth in national money
$54,005
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin is one of the better-paying states for tile and stone setters. The middle earner takes $62,680, which ranks 9 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 12.55% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 220 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,680 you keep $50,277 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,005 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $65,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 9 of 47 states publishing a median for tile and stone setters, at $62,680 — about 12.55% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 220 of 491 in Wisconsin places tile and stone setters 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.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $50,277 after the full tax stack, from $62,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,005 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $65,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,620 |
| This salary | $62,680 |
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 | $50,277 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,543 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$66 |
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 | $59,859 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$80 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,680 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,540 and the ninetieth is $85,620 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wisconsin's $50,277, worked from $62,680. 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 220 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,005, the adjusted value of that $62,680 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 220 of 491 in the state.
- The Wisconsin median of $62,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,540 to $85,620. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wisconsin take-home of $50,277, on $62,680 for work ranking 220 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 220 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $54,005 — the adjusted value of that $62,680 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 220 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 $65,190 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,540 at the bottom tenth to $85,620 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 $54,005.
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 $50,277.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $65,190. 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 ($48,540 to $85,620) 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 $54,005 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 $50,277 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.