Transportation Security Screeners in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,612
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$12,518
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,365
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
$63,130
Kept after tax
$50,612
Worth in national money
$54,365
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $63,130. That is 33 of 45 states, and about 5.45% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Wisconsin, this sits in the middle: 213 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $63,130 the take-home is $50,612; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,365 would nationally. The average lands at $57,040, below the middle of the range.
- For transportation security screeners, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $63,130, ranking 33 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 5.45%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Transportation security screeners ranks 213 of 491 occupations in Wisconsin by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for transportation security screeners in Wisconsin, on $63,130, is $50,612 — equivalent to $54,365 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 $57,040 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,280 |
| This salary | $63,130 |
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 | $50,612 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$78 |
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 | $60,276 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$95 |
| 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 $63,130. The published range is $30,100 up to $70,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $50,612, from $63,130, 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 213 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 $54,365 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 213.
- Reported values are medians; for transportation security screeners in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,100 to $70,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,612 from $63,130. 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 213 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,365, worked from $63,130, 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 213 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 $57,040 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 $30,100 at the bottom tenth to $70,280 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 $54,365 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, $50,612 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $57,040. 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 ($30,100 to $70,280) 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 $54,365 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 $50,612 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.