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Fond du Lac, WI
$2,546after tax and rent
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On a $83,730 household paycheck in Fond du Lac.
Modelled metro
Move Score
72
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 5 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 71.7, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$2,546
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
Stats
- Rent
- $1,050
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,366
- Per month
- Tax
- 23%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 6% below
- US, besides rent
Next
$2,546 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,611
- Rent$882
- Other$1,938
- Left$2,546
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (WI)
- −$3,340
- Take-home pay
- $64,394
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $882
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,820
After tax and rent
$2,546 left/mo
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,512 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $882.
- Work from home
- 8.4% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 68.0% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- Fond du Lac County (MakeMyMove) · $5,500 cash
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
22 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 22 minutes each way
- Size
- 104k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $209,800. About $1,612/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Wisconsin income tax tops out at 7.65%. Sales tax 5.7%, property tax 1.58%.
Schools
- Students
- 12,487
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
- Districts
- 6
- Fond du Lac School District6,457 students
- Ripon Area School District1,705 students
- North Fond du Lac School District1,571 students
- Campbellsport School District1,299 students
- Rosendale-Brandon School District904 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Fond du Lac
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Fond du Lac calculated?
Fond du Lac is in Wisconsin, which taxes wage income. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Fond du Lac?
About $882 for a one-bedroom and $1,050 for a two-bedroom in Fond du Lac, WI. Fond du Lac averages 193 sunny days, a July high of 81°F, and a 22-minute commute.
How do I compare Fond du Lac with another city?
Put Fond du Lac next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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