Tire Repairers and Changers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,870
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$6,690
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,307
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
$39,560
Kept after tax
$32,870
Worth in national money
$35,307
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for tire repairers and changers. The median is $39,560, ranking 17 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Wisconsin this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, tire repairers and changers ranks 425. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,560 you keep $32,870, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,307 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for tire repairers and changers: a median of $39,560, ranking 17 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Against every occupation Wisconsin reports, tire repairers and changers ranks 425 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for tire repairers and changers on $39,560 is $32,870. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,307 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 $41,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,070 |
| This salary | $39,560 |
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 | $32,870 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,966 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$353 |
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 | $38,195 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$427 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of tire repairers and changers in Wisconsin earn under $39,560 and half over. The published range runs $36,460 at the tenth percentile to $48,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,870 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $39,560. 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 425 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,307, the adjusted value of that $39,560 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 425 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tire repairers and changers in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,460 to $48,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $32,870, from $39,560, 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 425 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $35,307 — the adjusted value of that $39,560 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 425 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,890, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,460 at the bottom tenth to $48,070 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 $35,307.
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 $32,870 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $41,890. 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 ($36,460 to $48,070) 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 $35,307 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 $32,870 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.