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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood salary in Wisconsin

The median sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Wisconsin earns $44,440 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,961 a month.

10th percentile
$33,220
25th percentile
$35,710
Median percentile
$44,440
75th percentile
$47,570
90th percentile
$55,930

Based on 1,880 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

$35,532 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,440
Federal income tax−$3,153
Social Security + Medicare−$3,400
Wisconsin income tax (approx.)−$2,355
Monthly take-home$2,961
Every two weeks$1,367

Does it go far here?

$47,229Median pay in Wisconsin is worth this at average US prices (local price level 94.1 vs 100).
37%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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood salaries · Take-home pay in Wisconsin