Wisconsin · BLS May 2025
Also called office manager. SOC 43-1011.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 22,950 first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers working in Wisconsin. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Wisconsin
$70,560A year, or $33.92 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $47,590 | $22.88 |
| 25th percentile | $58,670 | $28.21 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $70,560 | $33.92 |
| 75th percentile | $84,330 | $40.55 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $102,440 | $49.25 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $74,120 | $35.64 |
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A $70,560 salary in Wisconsin, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Wisconsin sit at 94.1 against a national average of 100, so $70,560 earned here buys what $74,988 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for office and administrative support supervisors in Wisconsin is $70,560 a year, or $33.92 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.
On the median wage of $70,560, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $55,789 a year, or roughly $4,649 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 20.9%.
Wisconsin takes $2,680 of it in state income tax.
Yes. The median in Wisconsin is 1.5% above the national median of $69,500.
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.
It is 0.91 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 $70,560 here buys about what $74,988 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $102,440 a year or more, against $47,590 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, 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.
The survey counted 22,950 of these jobs in Wisconsin for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 16% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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