Travel Agents in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,541
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,539
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,399
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
$47,080
Kept after tax
$38,541
Worth in national money
$41,399
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for travel agents is on the low side in Wisconsin. The middle earner gets $47,080. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 6.14% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Wisconsin reports figures for, this is number 366.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,080 you keep $38,541 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,399 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,030.
- For travel agents, Wisconsin sits in the lower band at $47,080, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 6.14%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Wisconsin's occupational distribution, travel agents sits at 366 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.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $38,541 after the full tax stack, from $47,080. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,399 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,360 |
| This salary | $47,080 |
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 | $38,541 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,009 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$227 |
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 | $45,254 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$275 |
| 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 travel agents in Wisconsin earn under $47,080 and half over. The published range runs $28,720 at the tenth percentile to $60,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,541 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $47,080. 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 366 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,399, the adjusted value of that $47,080 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 366 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for travel agents in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,720 to $60,360; 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 $38,541, from $47,080, 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 366 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $41,399 — the adjusted value of that $47,080 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 366 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,720 at the bottom tenth to $60,360 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wisconsin sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $41,399 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $38,541 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,720 to $60,360) 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 $41,399 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 $38,541 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.