Bartenders Salary in Madison, WI

Bartenders pay range in Madison

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $18,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $39,170 or more. The middle half of bartenders in Madison earn between $20,720 and $29,870.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Bartenders salary after taxes in Madison

On the average salary of $27,510, a single filer in Madison takes home about $23,784 a year, or $1,982 a month and $915 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Madison a good place for bartenders? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Madison area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.3), so the average $27,510 buys what about $28,277 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Madison ($58,080). A typical home costs $452,769, or 16.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bartenders salary in other Wisconsin cities

Madison ranks 3rd of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Sheboygan pays the most ($28,250).

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Highest-paying cities for bartenders

Kahului, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($91,360).

Bartenders salary by city

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• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$37,220 a year
• Fast Food and Counter Workers$30,970 a year
• Chefs and Head Cooks$68,460 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$47,390 a year
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$42,010 a year
• Cooks, Restaurant$39,150 a year
• Food Preparation Workers$36,760 a year

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