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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

Near benchmark

+0.3%
vs national
#19
National rank
421
Districts

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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
Spencer School District $51,855 605 $17,853
Athens School District $51,266 439 $22,342
McFarland School District $44,345 5,484 $13,738

Showing 401–403 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