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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in Milwaukee, WI

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI earns $50,920 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,366 a month.

10th percentile
$35,660
25th percentile
$46,060
Median percentile
$50,920
75th percentile
$59,980
90th percentile
$67,790

Based on 6,750 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$40,395 take-home a year
Gross pay$50,920
Federal income tax−$3,930
Social Security + Medicare−$3,895
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,699
Monthly take-home$3,366
Every two weeks$1,554

Does it go far here?

$52,529Median pay in Milwaukee, WI is worth this at average US prices (local price level 96.9 vs 100).
34%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,139 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Milwaukee, WI

JobMedian pay
Physicians, All Other$411,200
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$161,220
Financial Managers$156,100
Dentists, General$155,940
Pharmacists$153,340
Sales Managers$144,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers$143,570

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