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Teacher Salary in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's estimated average is $70,465 across 403 reliable districts (#19 of 49). According to the NCES Common Core of Data finance survey, estimated teacher pay and per-pupil spending are available for every public school district in Wisconsin.

$70,465
Est. state avg salary

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+0.3%
vs national
#19
National rank
421
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$70,465/year (est.)

Wisconsin's estimated average is $70,465 across 403 reliable districts (#19 of 49). Estimated average teacher salary is $70,465, near the national average of $70,245, ranking #19 of 49, across 403 public school districts with reliable data (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Mid-pack salary posture: Wisconsin's estimated average is $70,465 across 403 reliable districts (#19 of 49).
  • middle third nationally (#19 of 49)
  • Wisconsin ranks #19 of 49 on the salary estimate and #20 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • $56,324 spread between its highest- and lowest-paying districts
  • +0.3% vs the national average
  • +14.3% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (balanced cohort, not the FTE average above)
  • #18 of 49 purchasing-power-adjusted (BEA RPP 93.2)

Same-district trend

How does a balanced panel separate change from district turnover?

For the same 409 Wisconsin districts present with valid estimates in every release, the average state figure moved from $70,142 in FY2019 to $80,158 in FY2023 (+14.3%).

The fixed cohort prevents entering or missing districts from masquerading as salary movement. It is still a change in a derived district-level estimate, not evidence of any individual teacher's raise.

Purchasing-power-adjusted rank for Wisconsin

Wisconsin's nominal average teacher salary ranks #19 of the 49 states and territories that report teacher salaries. Adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2023 Regional Price Parity (93.2, US = 100, a relative state-level price-level index, not a district or metro cost-of-living figure), the estimate becomes $79,397, ranking #18 of 49 , 1 places higher than the nominal rank once relative price levels are factored in. This purchasing-power view is not published by NEA's teacher-pay rankings or the aggregator sites; it comes from combining our own F-33-derived salary estimate with BEA's public RPP series. See the full 51-state release for methodology and download. BEA Regional Price Parities · NCES CCD F-33

Wisconsin in the teacher-salary distribution

FY2023 estimated state averages from the same NCES-derived ranking

$70,465 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49 reporting states and territories

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Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey; state estimates derived from reported instructional-salary expenditure and teacher FTE · FY2023

Wisconsin's comparable salary trend

Same reporting-district cohort, FY2019-FY2023

FY2023 estimated average
$80,158 14.279123547792516% vs FY2019
409 districts held in the panel
$65,000$70,000$75,000$80,000$85,000 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 Wisconsin est. avg teacher salary, FY2019: $70,142Wisconsin est. avg teacher salary, FY2020: $71,746Wisconsin est. avg teacher salary, FY2021: $75,095Wisconsin est. avg teacher salary, FY2022: $77,357Wisconsin est. avg teacher salary, FY2023: $80,158 $70,142 $80,158 ▲ +14.3%
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Period Wisconsin est. avg teacher salary
FY2019 $70,142
FY2020 $71,746
FY2021 $75,095
FY2022 $77,357
FY2023 $80,158

Highest-paying districts in Wisconsin

Estimated average teacher salary, enrolling districts (200+ students)

Est. avg salary

What this shows Gibraltar Area School District leads Wisconsin on the F-33 instructional-salary estimate. Service entities (CTCs, county offices) are excluded, their enrollment-based ratios are not reliable salary figures.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

Top 3 districts

1 $100,669

Gibraltar Area School District

Est. avg teacher salary
2 $97,778

Arrowhead UHS School District

Est. avg teacher salary
3 $94,844

Lac du Flambeau #1 School District

Est. avg teacher salary

Districts by Estimated Teacher Salary

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment Per-Pupil Exp
Bonduel School District $75,000 736 $35,996
Riverdale School District $74,957 653 $25,337
West De Pere School District $74,902 3,587 $15,366
Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District $74,855 1,364 $17,428
Sheboygan Area School District $74,759 9,477 $16,304
Stevens Point Area Public School District $74,746 6,991 $17,067
Cadott Community School District $74,745 802 $18,935
North Cape School District $74,740 201 $17,478
Marshfield Unified School District $74,700 3,764 $15,831
Elcho School District $74,697 269 $24,078
Beloit School District $74,684 5,165 $21,374
Freedom Area School District $74,652 1,554 $15,391
Spooner Area School District $74,631 1,015 $24,240
River Valley School District $74,319 1,098 $20,062
Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District $74,294 910 $26,699
Laona School District $74,284 292 $19,038
Mishicot School District $74,211 918 $16,134
Osceola School District $74,194 1,594 $17,237
South Milwaukee School District $74,188 2,773 $18,752
Whitehall School District $74,101 773 $19,600
Beloit Turner School District $73,971 1,624 $15,044
Waunakee Community School District $73,832 4,408 $18,098
Raymond #14 School District $73,730 428 $13,778
Lancaster Community School District $73,718 991 $16,904
Cameron School District $73,578 1,183 $14,551
Ellsworth Community School District $73,427 1,624 $16,276
Mount Horeb Area School District $73,382 2,387 $14,952
Sturgeon Bay School District $73,369 1,065 $20,685
Cambria-Friesland School District $73,241 309 $25,479
Reedsburg School District $73,151 2,643 $15,745
Rosendale-Brandon School District $73,142 959 $14,531
Arcadia School District $73,101 1,283 $17,701
Brown Deer School District $73,097 1,653 $17,508
Fall Creek School District $72,958 871 $13,897
Brodhead School District $72,920 1,016 $16,357
Denmark School District $72,908 1,616 $14,525
Oostburg School District $72,825 1,006 $14,708
Kiel Area School District $72,788 1,268 $16,069
Hartford J1 School District $72,774 1,517 $16,661
Mosinee School District $72,723 1,940 $17,799
Kaukauna Area School District $72,714 4,057 $16,821
Milton School District $72,612 3,420 $15,519
West Salem School District $72,498 1,861 $16,343
Menasha Joint School District $72,463 3,160 $20,104
Mondovi School District $72,372 962 $15,856
Sheboygan Falls School District $72,242 1,581 $17,658
Racine Unified School District $72,217 16,182 $22,257
Alma Center School District $72,168 587 $21,784
Cumberland School District $72,164 988 $18,020
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District $72,046 480 $18,673
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District $72,024 7,263 $17,852
Shawano School District $71,917 2,238 $16,046
Waterford Graded J1 School District $71,915 1,463 $16,482
Oshkosh Area School District $71,899 9,149 $23,011
Fond du Lac School District $71,863 6,603 $18,768
Menomonie Area School District $71,843 3,290 $15,453
Wisconsin Rapids School District $71,831 4,678 $23,764
Walworth J1 School District $71,774 432 $16,593
Viroqua Area School District $71,742 1,050 $22,327
Sauk Prairie School District $71,725 2,720 $17,511
Kimberly Area School District $71,693 5,132 $13,497
Yorkville J2 School District $71,692 460 $15,680
Luxemburg-Casco School District $71,638 1,997 $14,495
Pardeeville Area School District $71,611 865 $16,252
Amery School District $71,545 1,397 $22,837
Tomah Area School District $71,533 3,014 $14,946
Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District $71,533 4,783 $16,471
Merrill Area School District $71,514 2,907 $15,273
Weyauwega-Fremont School District $71,487 822 $18,875
Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District $71,466 1,139 $14,833
Boscobel Area School District $71,435 703 $22,263
Mukwonago School District $71,412 5,009 $13,708
Wauwatosa School District $71,398 6,935 $16,647
Evansville Community School District $71,348 1,593 $17,226
Edgerton School District $71,235 1,929 $16,643
Rice Lake Area School District $71,200 2,186 $17,781
Tri-County Area School District $71,182 575 $18,426
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District $71,139 952 $23,808
Flambeau School District $71,106 461 $22,991
Crandon School District $71,074 832 $18,900
Iola-Scandinavia School District $71,060 566 $20,415
Howard-Suamico School District $70,961 5,781 $25,537
Oakfield School District $70,948 527 $33,366
New London School District $70,922 2,086 $17,258
Little Chute Area School District $70,876 1,582 $15,282
Suring Public School District $70,873 326 $24,687
Salem School District $70,773 1,000 $18,545
Sun Prairie Area School District $70,772 8,302 $19,814
Colfax School District $70,730 727 $16,411
Barneveld School District $70,704 431 $18,162
Gresham School District $70,584 300 $21,173
Reedsville School District $70,571 584 $26,909
Horicon School District $70,564 799 $18,920
Pepin Area School District $70,535 234 $21,256
Whitewater Unified School District $70,426 1,981 $17,053
Black Hawk School District $70,366 359 $20,568
Seymour Community School District $70,254 1,928 $18,645
Whitnall School District $70,233 2,397 $15,129
Maple School District $70,153 1,295 $15,963
Prairie du Chien Area School District $70,069 986 $17,978

Showing 101–200 of 403 enrolling districts. Specialized non-enrolling agencies (career/technical centers, county offices, service co-ops) are excluded from the salary ranking, their enrollment-based estimates are not reliable.

Lowest-Paying Districts in Wisconsin

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment
McFarland School District $44,345 5,484
Athens School District $51,266 439
Spencer School District $51,855 605
Edgar School District $52,348 604
Sharon J11 School District $52,434 208
Granton Area School District $52,540 226
Stockbridge School District $53,031 209
Benton School District $53,503 224
Northern Ozaukee School District $54,211 1,117
Almond-Bancroft School District $55,553 376

Among enrolling districts (200+ students) with a reliable estimate; service entities excluded, see methodology.

Nationwide states with similar K-12 scale to Wisconsin

Two nationwide peer sets for Wisconsin: closest on estimated average teacher salary ($70,465 here) and closest on total student enrollment (811,661 here). Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not geographic containment.

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other states by unweighted district-mean teacher pay (F-33 derived, ≥5 districts with reliable estimates).

Similar enrollment

Nearest other states by NCES-reported K-12 enrollment. Salary peers above are excluded.

Compare Nearby-Ranked States

Wyoming
$75,580
Rank #16
Hawaii
$75,494
Rank #17
Vermont
$72,015
Rank #18
New Mexico
$69,282
Rank #20

Data: NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey + Staff Universe Survey, FY2023. Salary figures divide instructional expenditure (variable Z33) by each district's reported teacher FTE, or an estimated FTE for the small minority with no reported figure. Not individual salary data. Read our methodology.

Wisconsin teacher salary FAQ

What is the average teacher salary in Wisconsin?

Across 403 Wisconsin public school districts with reliable data, the average teacher salary is $70,465 (NCES CCD F-33 reported teacher salaries divided by CCD Staff Universe Survey teacher headcounts, FY2023). It is a district-level mean derived from finance filings, so it will not match a contract-salary survey exactly, read it as a relative comparison.

Which Wisconsin school district pays teachers the most?

Gibraltar Area School District reports the highest average teacher salary in Wisconsin at $100,669, while McFarland School District sits at the lower end at $44,345.

How does Wisconsin teacher pay compare to the national average?

Wisconsin's average of $70,465 is near the national average of $70,245 (+0.3%), ranking #19 of the 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate.

How many school districts are in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin has 421 public school districts in the NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, together serving 811,661 students.

How much do teachers make in Wisconsin?

District-average teacher pay in Wisconsin runs from $44,345 in McFarland School District to $100,669 in Gibraltar Area School District, with 1 of 403 reliable-data districts at $100,000 or above. Where a teacher lands depends far more on which district employs them than on the statewide figure. These are district-wide averages from NCES CCD F-33 (FY2023), not individual salaries or pay-scale steps.

Can teachers earn $100,000 in Wisconsin?

1 of 403 Wisconsin districts with reliable data report an estimated average teacher salary of $100,000 or more, led by Gibraltar Area School District at $100,669. This is a district-wide average, not an individual salary, step, or years-of-experience figure.

How does Wisconsin rank after adjusting for cost of living?

Within the separate enrollment-weighted state comparison, BEA's 2023 Regional Price Parity (93.2, US=100) adjusts Wisconsin's nominal estimate of $74,014 from #23 to $79,397 and #18. The headline uses an unweighted district mean, so this does not replace it. Neither measure is take-home pay, taxes, or district/metro cost of living.

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Disclaimer & data sources

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainTeacher for Wisconsin