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
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$61,410	80	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$61,290	60	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$61,000	180	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$60,960	40	View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators	$60,920	660	View salary detail
Clergy	$60,900	100	View salary detail
Machinists	$60,830	700	View salary detail
Roofers	$60,820	270	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$60,800	850	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$60,800	40	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$60,790	110	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$60,780	160	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$60,760	710	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$60,720	270	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$60,710	80	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$60,650	1,270	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$60,530	190	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$60,200	100	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$60,020	930	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$59,810	60	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$59,700	4,160	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$59,590	2,440	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$59,530	1,010	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$59,460	100	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$59,460	100	View salary detail
Paramedics	$59,440	220	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$59,400	260	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$59,390	160	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$59,280	80	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$59,180	220	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$59,140	120	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$59,140	120	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$58,840	220	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$58,620	80	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$58,490	390	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$58,490	270	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$58,250	50	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$57,930	70	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$57,920	120	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$57,330	3,790	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$57,260	70	View salary detail
Fashion Designers	$57,030	70	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$57,000	2,370	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$56,520	540	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$56,490	520	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$56,440	50	View salary detail
Firefighters	$56,430	1,230	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$56,160	60	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$56,040	100	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$54,870	180	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.