How much does an Electrician make in Wisconsin?

BLS reports a median annual wage of $75,090 for Electricians in Wisconsin as of the latest OES release. That is the 50th-percentile figure — half earn more, half earn less. The 25th-percentile is $56,340 and the 75th-percentile is $91,030.

How are Wisconsin Electrician salaries calculated on this page?

Nominal wages come from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) — annual employer surveys, May 2026 reference period. Real-wage figures use BEA Regional Price Parities (2023 vintage) to adjust for state-level cost of living. No self-report or jobs-board data is mixed in.

Why is the BEA RPP for Wisconsin different from a single CPI number?

BEA splits regional price parity into three components — goods, services, and rents — reweighted to the BEA's national consumption basket. Wisconsin's overall index of 93.2 reflects rents 78.3, services 89.5, and goods 94.3.

How wide is the wage spread in Wisconsin?

P10 to P90 spans $46,140 to $99,160. That spread captures entry-level to top-quartile pay, including specialty differentials and metro-area variance within the state.

What are the limits of these Electrician salary numbers?

BLS OES is an employer survey of W-2 wages — it excludes contractor pay, bonuses outside the base wage definition, equity compensation, and tip income. Self-employed practitioners and gig workers are not represented. For occupations with significant non-W-2 income, the BLS figure is a floor, not a complete picture.

When does this data update?

BLS OES releases a new May reference set roughly each spring; we re-run the ETL pipeline within two weeks of release. BEA RPP refreshes annually. The last-synced timestamp at the top of this page reflects the most recent build.

Union vs non-union electrician pay in Wisconsin?

BLS does not split union from non-union pay. In {state}, IBEW-represented electricians typically earn 15-30% above the non-union median once benefits and pension contributions are included. The premium is concentrated in commercial and industrial work; residential is more often non-union.

Electrician Pay in Wisconsin: $75K Median + Purchasing Power (2026)

TL;DR

Median Electrician salary in Wisconsin: $75,090 nominal, $80,551 real (BEA RPP basis).
Nominal: #12/51 · Real: #5/51 — ranking shifts by 7 positions after RPP.
Low BEA RPP (93.2) means the paycheck stretches further than the BLS number suggests; net lift roughly $5,461.
Bottom quartile $56,340, top quartile $91,030. The P90 ($99,160) is roughly 2.1× the P10 ($46,140).

Wage breakdown — Wisconsin

Percentile	Nominal (BLS)	Real (BEA RPP-adjusted)
P10 (entry tier)	$46,140	$49,496
P25 (lower quartile)	$56,340	$60,438
P50 (median)	$75,090	$80,551
P75 (upper quartile)	$91,030	$97,651
P90 (top tier)	$99,160	$106,372
Mean	$72,760	$78,052
Employment	12,630 Electricians in Wisconsin

Cost of living — BEA Regional Price Parity

Component	Wisconsin index (US = 100)
All-items RPP	93.2
Goods	94.3
Services	89.5
Rents	78.3

Wisconsin sits below the national baseline (RPP 93.2), so nominal pay translates to a higher real wage than the BLS median suggests — particularly visible in rents at 78.3.

After-tax take-home — Wisconsin (2024 BLS · 2024 tax year, single filer)

Layer-by-layer take-home math at the BLS median

Layer	Amount	Note
Gross BLS P50 (Electrician)	$75,090	nominal median
Federal income tax	−$7,767	10.3% effective; std deduction $15,750 applied
State income tax	−$2,892	3.5–7.65% (graduated)
FICA (SS 6.2% + Medicare 1.45%)	−$5,744	SS capped at $183,600 wage base
Take-home (after-tax)	$58,687	78.2% of gross
Real take-home (RPP-adjusted)	$62,955	÷ (93.2 / 100) BEA cost-of-living

What the Wisconsin state-tax burden means for Electrician take-home

Mid-band state-tax burden at 3.9% effective. Combined with federal and FICA, take-home is $58,687 (78.2% of gross). After the 93.2 RPP, real take-home is $62,955.

Computed from 2026 IRS federal brackets (Rev. Proc. 2025-32), 2026 state DOR brackets, and 2026 FICA rates. Single filer, standard deduction, no other adjustments. See methodology · tax for limitations (married filers, ITM/SALT itemizers, retirement deferrals, HSA, dependent credits, etc.).

National context

Across the United States, BLS reports a national median of $62,350 for Electricians with mean pay of $69,630 and total employment of 742,580. Wisconsin sits at #12 on nominal pay and #5 on real (cost-adjusted) pay among the 51 states and DC. After cost adjustment, Wisconsin climbs 7 positions — the cost of living is favorable relative to the wage.

Frequently asked questions

How much does an Electrician make in Wisconsin?: BLS reports a median annual wage of $75,090 for Electricians in Wisconsin as of the latest OES release. That is the 50th-percentile figure — half earn more, half earn less. The 25th-percentile is $56,340 and the 75th-percentile is $91,030.
How are Wisconsin Electrician salaries calculated on this page?: Nominal wages come from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) — annual employer surveys, May 2026 reference period. Real-wage figures use BEA Regional Price Parities (2023 vintage) to adjust for state-level cost of living. No self-report or jobs-board data is mixed in.
Why is the BEA RPP for Wisconsin different from a single CPI number?: BEA splits regional price parity into three components — goods, services, and rents — reweighted to the BEA's national consumption basket. Wisconsin's overall index of 93.2 reflects rents 78.3, services 89.5, and goods 94.3.
How wide is the wage spread in Wisconsin?: P10 to P90 spans $46,140 to $99,160. That spread captures entry-level to top-quartile pay, including specialty differentials and metro-area variance within the state.
What are the limits of these Electrician salary numbers?: BLS OES is an employer survey of W-2 wages — it excludes contractor pay, bonuses outside the base wage definition, equity compensation, and tip income. Self-employed practitioners and gig workers are not represented. For occupations with significant non-W-2 income, the BLS figure is a floor, not a complete picture.
When does this data update?: BLS OES releases a new May reference set roughly each spring; we re-run the ETL pipeline within two weeks of release. BEA RPP refreshes annually. The last-synced timestamp at the top of this page reflects the most recent build.
Union vs non-union electrician pay in Wisconsin?: BLS does not split union from non-union pay. In {state}, IBEW-represented electricians typically earn 15-30% above the non-union median once benefits and pension contributions are included. The premium is concentrated in commercial and industrial work; residential is more often non-union.

Sources & methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES), SOC 47-2111, 2024 reference period.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Regional Price Parities, 2023 vintage (all-items, goods, services, rents).
Real-wage figures = nominal BLS wage ÷ (state RPP / 100).
See the methodology page for full computation details and limitations.

By Marcus Liang · Founder & Editor · Last synced 2026-05-05.

Cross-comparison: see how Wisconsin Electrician pay ranks against the other 254 state × occupation pages on the Real Wage Atlas → — four-way ranking by real wage, after-tax take-home, state-tax savings, and cost-of-living arbitrage.