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title: "Average Salary in Wisconsin"
description: "Mean $64,270, median $50,270 in Wisconsin (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/wisconsin"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Wisconsin

Mean annual wage $64,270, median $50,270 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $53,420 (rank 20 of 51 by that measure; rank 22 nominal).

| Percentile | Wisconsin | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $29,980 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $37,700 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $50,270 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $76,350 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $104,990 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 94.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 79.3 |
| Goods | 94.3 |
| Utilities | 89.9 |
| Other services | 99.5 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $123,350 | 170,120 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $96,100 | 81,570 |
| Legal | $88,760 | 15,670 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $85,940 | 189,800 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $84,170 | 50,930 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $78,090 | 183,430 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $75,520 | 26,220 |
| Construction and Extraction | $63,660 | 117,220 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $60,660 | 113,170 |
| Protective Service | $60,110 | 54,430 |
| Community and Social Service | $59,970 | 42,170 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $58,370 | 163,180 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $57,110 | 33,750 |
| Production | $48,490 | 294,570 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $47,560 | 329,860 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $45,340 | 274,860 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $42,170 | 4,990 |
| Healthcare Support | $38,450 | 148,270 |
| Sales | $38,370 | 256,830 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $37,700 | 87,380 |
| Personal Care and Service | $36,010 | 55,010 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $30,160 | 248,100 |

## Most common jobs

- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 70,520 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 68,060 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 67,750 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 67,640 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 65,380 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 53,330 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 51,440 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 50,840 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 47,580 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 45,640 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist): $443,990 median
- [Radiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/radiologist): $392,610 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $391,740 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $367,160 median
- [Psychiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatrist): $331,070 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $290,640 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $273,170 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $193,690 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $160,140 median
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $148,740 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Print Binding and Finishing Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/print-binding-and-finishing-worker): 5.67x the national share
- [Food Batchmaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/food-batchmaker): 5.46x the national share
- [Foundry Mold and Coremaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/foundry-mold-and-coremaker): 5.27x the national share
- [Paper Goods Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/paper-goods-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 4.68x the national share
- [Neuropsychologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neuropsychologist): 3.02x the national share
- [Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/molding-coremaking-and-casting-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-metal-and-plastic): 3.02x the national share
- [New Accounts Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/new-accounts-clerk): 3.01x the national share
- [Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-numerically-controlled-tool-programmer): 2.99x the national share
- [Printing Press Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/printing-press-operator): 2.97x the national share
- [Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/grinding-lapping-polishing-and-buffing-machine-tool-setter-operator-and-tender-metal-and-plastic): 2.82x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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