Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,739
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$4,041
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,573
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
$28,780
Kept after tax
$24,739
Worth in national money
$26,573
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $28,780, ranking 31 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Wisconsin, this one sits low: 484 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $28,780 you keep $24,739 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $26,573 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $29,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers: a median of $28,780, ranking 31 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.
- Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers occupies position 484 of 491 in Wisconsin's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $24,739 after the full tax stack, from $28,780. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $26,573 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $29,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,460 |
| This salary | $28,780 |
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 | $24,739 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$533 |
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 | $28,086 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$645 |
| 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 ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Wisconsin earn under $28,780 and half over. The published range runs $22,340 at the tenth percentile to $36,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $24,739, from $28,780, 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 484 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $26,573, the adjusted value of that $28,780 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 484 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $22,340 to $36,460; 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.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $24,739 from $28,780. 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 484 of 491 locally.
- This $26,573 adjusted figure, worked from $28,780, 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 484 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 484 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 $29,690, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $22,340 at the tenth percentile, $36,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $26,573 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, $24,739 remains.
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 $29,690. 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 ($22,340 to $36,460) 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 $26,573 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 $24,739 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.