Chemists Salary in Madison, WI

Chemists pay range in Madison

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $52,020 a year or less, while the top 10% make $109,450 or more. The middle half of chemists in Madison earn between $64,760 and $84,790.

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

Chemists salary after taxes in Madison

On the average salary of $79,940, a single filer in Madison takes home about $61,831 a year, or $5,153 a month and $2,378 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% 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 chemists? 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 $79,940 buys what about $82,169 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Madison ($58,080). A typical home costs $452,769, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chemists salary in other Wisconsin cities

Madison ranks 5th of 7 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Sheboygan pays the most ($93,080).

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Highest-paying cities for chemists

Washington, DC pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($144,550).

Chemists salary by city

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