Median pay · Wisconsin
$58,410A year, or $28 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | $47,060 | $23 |
| 25th percentile | $50,320 | $24 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $58,410 | $28 |
| 75th percentile | $62,220 | $30 |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | $70,720 | $34 |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | $57,920 | $28 |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median wage in WisconsinBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$58,410
- Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$28.08
- Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$3,927 a month at an effective rate of 19.3%.$47,121 a year
- Worth at national average pricesPrices in Wisconsin sit at 94.1 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$62,076
- Against the national medianThe national median is $53,750.8.7% above
- Jobs countedA concentration of 1.95 against the nation's 1.00.15,320
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
- Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1
What lands in the bank
Tax year 2026 · InteractiveEstimated on the median salary of $58,410 in Wisconsin, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.
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What $58,410 is worth in Wisconsin
Prices in Wisconsin sit at 94.1 against a national average of 100, so $58,410 earned here buys what $62,076 buys at national average prices.
- Rents. 79.3 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
- Against local households. The median household in Wisconsin takes in $77,485, so this occupation's median is 0.75 times that, on one income.
- How common the job is here. 95% more concentrated in Wisconsin than in the country as a whole.
Reading the numbers
What stands out for welders in Wisconsin
Rents in Wisconsin index at 79.3 (U.S. = 100) while prices overall index at 94.1, a gap of -14.8 pts. For a renter, housing moves the local cost of living more than anything else.
The top of the pay range is stretched out. Going from the 75th to the 90th percentile adds $8,500, against $3,810 from the median to the 75th. The best-paid 10% of welders in Wisconsin make $70,720 or more.
Wisconsin employs 15,320 welders, and the job is 2 times as concentrated here as in the country as a whole.
Pay is tightly grouped: the 90th percentile ($70,720) is only 1.5 times the 10th ($47,060), so most welders here earn within a narrow band.
Common questions
Welder pay in Wisconsin, answered
How much does a welder make in Wisconsin?
The median wage for welders in Wisconsin is $58,410 a year, or $28.08 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
What is the average welder salary in Wisconsin?
BLS’s mean (average) wage for welders in Wisconsin is $57,920 a year. The median is $58,410.
The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.
What is the hourly pay for a welder in Wisconsin?
The median hourly wage is $28.08. At a full-time year that lines up with about $58,410 a year.
BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.
What is the starting salary for a welder in Wisconsin?
BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in Wisconsin, the lowest-paid 10% of welders earn under $47,060 a year and a quarter earn under $50,320 ($22.62 and $24.19 an hour).
New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.
What is the salary range for a welder in Wisconsin?
The overall salary range for welders in Wisconsin spans from $47,060 for the bottom 10% to $70,720 for top earners.
The middle 50% earn between $50,320 and $62,220 a year, with the overall median at $58,410.
What is the take-home pay for a welder in Wisconsin?
On the median wage of $58,410, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $47,121 a year, or roughly $3,927 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 19.3%.
Wisconsin takes $1,991 of it in state income tax.
How much does a welder make a month in Wisconsin?
On the median annual salary of $58,410, estimated take-home pay is roughly $3,927 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $1,812 net.
Do welders earn more in Wisconsin than in the rest of the country?
Yes. The median in Wisconsin is 8.7% above the national median of $53,750.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Wisconsin sit at 94.1 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
Is $58,410 a good salary in Wisconsin?
It is 0.75 times the median household income of $77,485. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Wisconsin run at 94.1 against a national average of 100, with rents at 79.3, so $58,410 here buys about what $62,076 buys at national average prices.
What do the highest-paid welders earn in Wisconsin?
The top tenth earn $70,720 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $47,060.
Experience, specialty, employer and the part of Wisconsin someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
How many welders are there in Wisconsin?
The survey counted 15,320 of these jobs in Wisconsin for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 95% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.