Web and Digital Interface Designers in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,697
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$23,643
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,013
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
$95,340
Kept after tax
$71,697
Worth in national money
$77,013
State rank
17
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays this job around $95,340 at the midpoint, 17 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 71 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $95,340 you keep $71,697 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,013 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $94,340.
- For web and digital interface designers the Wisconsin median is $95,340, ranking 17 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Wisconsin, web and digital interface designers ranks 71 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $71,697 after the full tax stack, from $95,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,013 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $94,340 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Web and Digital Interface Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,410 |
| This salary | $95,340 |
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 | $71,697 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,902 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,095 |
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 | $89,363 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,513 |
| 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 $95,340. The published range is $57,980 up to $138,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $71,697, from $95,340, 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 71 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $77,013, the adjusted value of that $95,340 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 71 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for web and digital interface designers in Wisconsin the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,980 to $138,410. 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 $71,697 from $95,340. 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 71 of 491 locally.
- This $77,013 adjusted figure, worked from $95,340, 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 71 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 71 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $57,980, the highest tenth $138,410, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $77,013 in national terms.
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 $71,697 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($57,980) and the ninetieth ($138,410) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $77,013 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 $71,697 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.