Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $76K, rent takes 24.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,202/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new electric motor, power tool, and related repairers typically earn — is $45K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,716/month. At HUD’s $1,202/month FMR, rent would take 44% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay is 34% above the national median — $76K here vs. $56K nationally.

Wisconsin pays $76K median vs. the U.S. average of $56K — that’s +34%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 94.33), the purchasing-power equivalent is $80K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $75,550 a year, that works out to about $36 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $45,270, and experienced electric motor, power tool, and related repairers can clear $92,190. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,882/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,202/month, which eats 24.6% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Wisconsin has a Regional Price Parity of 94.33 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median electric motor, power tool, and related repairers salary is worth about $80,091 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.