Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Madison, WI

650 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Madison, WI for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$49,270	50	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,220	90	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$49,160	180	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$49,090	400	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$49,080	260	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$48,750	2,080	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$48,720	1,390	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,570	420	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$48,530	40	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$48,450	790	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$48,410	120	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,380	2,080	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$48,240	620	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,170	190	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,000	160	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$47,990	2,420	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$47,980	330	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$47,740	660	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$47,740	90	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$47,670	110	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$47,610	770	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$47,590	560	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$47,570	90	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$47,500	7,120	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$47,470	40	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,430	1,490	View salary detail
File Clerks	$47,370	210	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$47,360	40	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$47,320	170	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$47,310	700	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$47,300	750	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,220	310	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,200	2,340	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$47,030	250	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$47,030	250	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$47,020	770	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,900	260	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$46,680	1,530	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$46,650	970	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$46,590	5,970	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$46,580	1,390	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$46,540	180	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$46,540	180	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$46,540	180	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$46,480	210	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$46,420	240	View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical	$46,290	230	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,230	70	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$46,170	70	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,150	140	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.