Take-home pay in Wisconsin by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Wisconsin keeps $78,362 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,090 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,362 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Wisconsin, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,376 more than as a C corporation.

Wisconsin, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,910	$74,090	74%
Single-member LLC	$25,926	$74,074	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,638	$78,362	78%
S corporation	$21,638	$78,362	78%
C corporation	$31,014	$68,986	69%

What Wisconsin takes from a business owner

Wisconsin taxes personal income in 4 brackets, from 3.5% to 7.65% (2026, single filer).revenue.wi.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Report, $25 a yeardfi.wi.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Wisconsin economic development surcharge (C corporation) applies to C corprevenue.wi.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Wisconsin economic development surcharge (S corporation) applies to LLC as S corp, S corprevenue.wi.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Wisconsin can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 7.9%, and the owner gets that income left out of the personal return. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totalrevenue.wi.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Wisconsin unemployment tax at 3.05% on the first $14,000 of salary in the first yeardwd.wisconsin.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,004	$38,986	$39,000	$39,000	$36,326
$100,000	$74,090	$74,074	$78,362	$78,362	$68,986
$150,000	$106,385	$106,368	$113,229	$113,229	$97,505
$250,000	$172,554	$172,541	$181,439	$181,439	$156,294
$500,000	$306,195	$306,181	$333,084	$333,084	$296,007

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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