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Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders salary in Wisconsin

The median food cooking machine operators and tenders in Wisconsin earns $40,000 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,683 a month.

10th percentile
$35,000
25th percentile
$39,300
Median percentile
$40,000
75th percentile
$50,600
90th percentile
$60,400

Based on 850 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

$32,200 take-home a year
Gross pay$40,000
Federal income tax−$2,620
Social Security + Medicare−$3,060
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,120
Monthly take-home$2,683
Every two weeks$1,238

Does it go far here?

$42,510Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,087 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wisconsin

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$443,990
Surgeons, All Other$416,000
Radiologists$392,610
Physicians, All Other$391,740
General Internal Medicine Physicians$367,160
Psychiatrists$331,070
Family Medicine Physicians$290,640
Nurse Anesthetists$273,170

All food cooking machine operators and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Wisconsin