Wisconsin Paycheck Calculator 2026

Run a Wisconsin paycheck from gross to net and four withholdings do the work. Social Security takes 6.2% up to the $184,500 wage base and Medicare takes a flat 1.45% with no ceiling, both set by the SSA and IRS rather than Madison. Federal income tax follows, scaled to the W-4 you handed your employer. Last comes Wisconsin's own income tax, a graduated structure that tops out at 7.65% but reaches that rate only on the highest slice of pay.

What you will not find on a Wisconsin stub is almost as telling. There is no state disability insurance line, no paid-family-leave premium, and no county or municipal wage tax, so the state side stays a clean single entry. That keeps the gross-to-net gap narrower than in states that bolt on extra payroll levies. A single filer's $13,560 standard deduction and any pre-tax dollars, such as a 401(k) up to the $24,500 cap, shrink the wage base the income tax is built on, which is why a raise rarely lifts take-home by its full sticker amount.

On a $60,000 salary, Wisconsin's graduated income tax, topping out at 7.6499999999999995%, costs up to roughly $4,590 a year before deductions — on top of $4,590 in federal FICA, which is the same in every state. 33 of the 42 states that tax income charge less than Wisconsin at the top rate.

The state minimum wage is $7.25/hr , matching the federal floor of $7.25 — about $15,080 a year at 40 hours a week. There is no state disability or paid-family-leave deduction, so nothing beyond income tax and FICA comes out at the state level. Local jurisdictions add their own layer on top — see the note below.