Clergy Salary in Madison, WI

Clergy pay range in Madison

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $50,960 a year or less, while the top 10% make $78,850 or more. The middle half of clergy in Madison earn between $58,740 and $71,690.

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

Clergy salary after taxes in Madison

On the average salary of $66,890, a single filer in Madison takes home about $53,425 a year, or $4,452 a month and $2,055 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% 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 clergy? 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 $66,890 buys what about $68,755 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Madison ($58,080). A typical home costs $452,769, or 6.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Clergy salary in other Wisconsin cities

Madison ranks 1st of 4 Wisconsin metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Clergy salaries in Wisconsin

Highest-paying cities for clergy

Los Angeles, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($104,000).

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